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buckstay

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buck⋅stay

[buhk-stey]
–noun
a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.

Origin:
buck 3 + stay 2
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