Bible Dictionaries
Mainstay

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

(2):

(n.) Main support; principal dependence.

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