Bible Dictionaries
Bobstay

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; - usually in the pl.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bobstay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bobstay.html. 1828.