Mainstay definitions

Mainstay

1) Admirer 2) Anchor 3) Backbone 4) Booster 5) Bread and butter, so to speak 6) Bulwark 7) Champion 8) Chief support 9) Chief supporter 10) Dependable type 11) Friend 12) Linchpin, principle support 13) Pillar 14) Principal support 15) Protagonist 16) Supporter
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Mainstay

1) Anchor 2) Backbone 3) Bulwark 4) Centre 5) Keystone 6) Linchpin 7) Lynchpin 8) Pillar 9) Staple 10) Stronghold
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mainstay

1. a prominent supporter
2. a central cohesive source of support and stability
3. the forestay that braces the mainmast

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mainstay

stay that extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast
Found on http://phrontistery.info/m.html

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mainstay

stay that extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast
Found on http://phrontistery.info/nautical.html

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Mainstay

• (n.) Main support; principal dependence. • (n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/mainstay/

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Mainstay

Main'stay` noun 1. (Nautical) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop. 2. Main support; principal dependence. « The great mainstay of the Church.» Buckle.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/9

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mainstay

[n] - the forestay that braces the mainmast
Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=mainstay

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mainstay

noun the forestay that braces the mainmast
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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