backstay - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • run: This gives you plenty of slack, to enable the running backstay to be taken forward when not in use.
  • have: If you have a backstay which leads to a single point on the mast, the answer is obvious.

Modifies a noun

  • tube: INSTALLATION The raked backstay tube is fixed to the top of the hoarding panel with the opposite end connecting to the ground tube.

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