af·ter·guy | \ ˈaf-tər-ˌgī 
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\ plural afterguys
Definition of afterguy
sailing
: a guy rope that is attached to the windward clew of a spinnaker and used to rotate the spinnaker pole around the mast
Set the pole on the windward side, secure the pole lift and foreguy, and drop the afterguy through the jaws in the end of the pole.— Robby Robinson, The International Marine Book of Sailing, 2009
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The first known use of afterguy was in 1813
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