FORESAIL

foresail

(noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

foresail (plural foresails)

(nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

(nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.

(nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

Source: Wiktionary


Fore"sail`, n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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