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Noun: jumper stay
  1. An additional stay that limits the amount that the upper portion of the mast can bend, and thereby enables tension to be effectively transferred from the backstay to the forestay.
    "Jumper stays were common in the first part of the 20th century."

Type of: stay

Part of: fractional rig

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