backstay

Noun

 * 1)   A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
 * 2) A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бакщаг
 * Finnish: peräharus, takastaagi, hekstaagi, hekki
 * German: Backstag
 * Greenlandic: barduuni
 * Hungarian: achterstág
 * Italian: controtirante
 * Maori: tukuroa
 * Polish:, aftersztag


 * Finnish: takale