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Answer for the clue "Spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat ", 10 letters:
martingale

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In probability theory , a martingale is a model of a fair game where knowledge of past events never helps predict the mean of the future winnings. In particular, a martingale is a sequence of random variables (i.e., a stochastic process ) for which, at ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Martingale \Mar"tin*gale\, Martingal \Mar"tin*gal\, n. [F. martingale; cf. It. martingala a sort of hose, martingale, Sp. martingala a greave, cuish, martingale, Sp. alm['a]rtaga a kind of bridle.] A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat [syn: dolphin striker ]

Usage examples of martingale.

Then he fastened a head martingale on, and buckled it to the girths atwixt his fore legs.

National Gallery, the woman that Agent Martingale recognized, has been associated with BA in the past.

Agent Martingale had apparently finished asking questions and was now talking at length, for the admissions clerk had her mouth shut and her eyes open.

Agent Becca Martingale joined Millie shortly after the Rapid Response Team pulled out.

There, Clyde was introducing himself to Hubert Martingale, Terry Trent, and a lady of dowager specifications who was obviously Mrs.

Hubert Martingale, short but pompous, with a five-inch part in the middle of his carefully combed hair, gave Clyde the angry eye through a pair of gold-chained spectacles.

Doubting that either Trent or Martingale would tell their business to Clyde, Margo had resolved to question the third party in the case, Mrs.

Thora and her husband, a Thomas Martingale, preferred the continent to England.

Remembering what I had been like when I was younger, I was sure Lillian Martingale must think this all a tremendous lark.

From what I understand, Miss Martingale never tried to escape the convent.

Steve normally used on the gelding and slipped it through the looped end of the martingale before fastening it.

I took all the gold I found, and playing the martingale, and doubling my stakes continuously, I won every day during the remainder of the carnival.

I still played on the martingale, but with such bad luck that I was soon left without a sequin.

The man had a stasis generator, and his female mount also had one on its chest, held in place with a martingale strap.

The reins, martingale, and whip are composed of solid silver in woven strands.