ALL meanings of staying
stay
S s - verb without object staying (of a ship) to change to the other tack. 1
- verb with object staying to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast. 1
- verb with object staying to put (a ship) on the other tack. 1
- noun staying any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc. 1
- idioms staying in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about. 1