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noun
One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Possibly borrowed from sailing jargon where "stay" refers to a rope, wire, or rod which runs fore-and-aft along the centerline of a sailing ship from mast to deck, or to another mast, and serves to stabilize the mast.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
