The plural of forestay; multiple strong ropes or cables that run from a ship's mast to the front of the vessel.
Simple plural form of 'forestay,' formed by adding the standard English plural suffix '-s' to the singular noun.
Ships often had multiple forestays for extra safety—if one broke, the others could still support the mast, making this redundancy one of early maritime engineering's smartest safety features.
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