Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seat stay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: seat s-tay
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.

Example Sentences

"The bike was not safe to ride as it had a bend in the seat stay"

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from sailing jargon where "stay" refers to a rope, wire, or rod which runs fore-and-aft along the centerline of a sailing ship from mast to deck, or to another mast, and serves to stabilize the mast.

Inflected Forms

seat stays (plural) seatstay (alternative)

Questions

What does seat stay mean?: One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.
Where does seat stay come from?: Possibly borrowed from sailing jargon where "stay" refers to a rope, wire, or rod which runs fore-and-aft along the centerline of a sailing ship from mast to deck, or to another mast, and serves to stabilize the mast.

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