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backstay

piece of standing rigging on a sailing vessel
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backstay

Summary

backstay is a ship element[1]. backstay draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #59 of 117).[2]

Key Facts

  • backstay's instance of is recorded as ship element[3].
  • backstay's instance of is recorded as nautical term[4].
  • backstay's part of is recorded as rigging[5].
  • backstay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x7ks[6].
  • backstay's KBpedia ID is recorded as Backstay[7].

Body

Geography

backstay's part of is recorded as rigging[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ship element[3] and nautical term[4].

Why It Matters

backstay draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #59 of 117).[2] backstay has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] backstay is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). backstay. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/backstay
MLA “backstay.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/backstay.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_backstay_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{backstay}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/backstay}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): backstay — https://4ort.xyz/entity/backstay (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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