ALL meanings of mainstay
main·stay
M m - noun mainstay support, sth relied on 1
- noun mainstay ship: supporting rope 1
- noun mainstay A stay that extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship. 1
- noun mainstay Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward. 1
- noun mainstay a person or thing that acts as a chief support or part: Coffee is the mainstay of the country's economy. 1
- noun mainstay a stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position 0
- noun mainstay A chief support. 0
- noun mainstay (nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast. 0
- countable noun mainstay If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it. 0
- noun mainstay the forestay that braces the mainmast 0
- noun mainstay a chief support 0