seat stay
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]seat stay (plural seat stays)
- One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.
- The bike was not safe to ride as it had a bend in the seat stay
Translations
[edit]bicycle frame tube
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