Forestay is valid Scrabble Word

Is forestay a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is forestay valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

8 letters word
14 points in Scrabble
13 points in WWF

Definitions for FORESTAY in dictionary:

NOUN:

a rope or wire used to support a foremast
A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
adjustable stay used on ships
a rope to support a ship's foremast, running from its top to the deck at the bow.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a wire or rope used to support a foremast
adjustable stay leading from the truck of the foremast to the deck, stem, or bowsprit, for controlling the motion or bending of the mast

Words related to FORESTAY

forestays15

Words that contain FORESTAY

forestays15 forestaysail18 forestaysails19

How to use FORESTAY in a sentence

Clambering on to the bulwarks, and holding on to the forestay with one hand, he held it above his head.
Next day Parmiter was in the foretop splicing the forestay.
Needless to say, we had hoisted no lantern on the forestay since the night the other boats had driven away from us or gone down.
Still gripping the forestay with my left hand, I bent forward, ready to leap for deck.
The forestay snapped, the mainsail split, and the lower yards and foremast were damaged.

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