Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jumper stay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: jumper s-tay
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

an additional stay that limits the amount that the upper portion of the mast can bend, and thereby enables tension to be effectively transferred from the backstay to the forestay.

Example Sentences

"{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': 'Jumper stays were common in the first part of the 20th century.'}"

Questions

What does jumper stay mean?: an additional stay that limits the amount that the upper portion of the mast can bend, and thereby enables tension to be effectively transferred from the backstay to the forestay.

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