General
- Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull
- Collar stays, small rigid pieces used to maintain the point of a men's dress shirt collar
- Corset, a garment worn to mold and shape the torso
- Bone (corsetry), one of the rigid parts of a corset
- Guy-wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts
- A part of a steam locomotive's firebox
- Seat stay and chain stay, parts of a bicycle frame
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