Naut. [A prep.1 + STAY sb.] A phrase used of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable is at an acute angle, so as to have a position similar to that of one of the ship’s stays. Cf. A-PEAK.
1867. in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.
Naut. [A prep.1 + STAY sb.] A phrase used of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable is at an acute angle, so as to have a position similar to that of one of the ship’s stays. Cf. A-PEAK.
1867. in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.
