forestall

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Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Then the squall struck whining from the west, with gale force, breaking both forestays, and the mast came toppling aft along the ship’s length, so the running rigging showered into the bilge.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

So they raised the mast of pine tree and set it in the hole of the cross plank, and made it fast with forestays, and hauled up the white sails with twisted ropes of oxhide.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

So they raised the mast of pine tree, and set it in the hole of the cross plank and made it fast with forestays, and hauled up the white sails with twisted ropes of ox-hide.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

Backstays prevent them from falling forward, and forestays prevent them from falling backward, or “aft.”

From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)