Funnel stay

(Naut.) one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.
- Knight.

See also: Funnel

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The wind, which had been freshening, now sang in louder tones as it hummed through the rigging and the funnel stays and bowled over the receiving conductors of the wireless.
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