in stays

A nautical term used to describe a vessel that has its sails flapping as it moves into the wind. The captain says we need to keep the ship in stays for now!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gopala	-	Hinduism
Huan	-	Chinese
Arkadiusz	ahr-KAHD-yuwsh	Polish
Meritxell	mu-ree-CHEL	Catalan
Mohan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat