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Definition of 'foresail'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foresail
the lowermost sail on a foremast.

2. foresail
the staysail or jib, set immediately forward of the mainmast of a sloop, cutter, yawl, or ketch.

Etymology: (1475–85)

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Princeton's WordNet

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

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) foresail
the sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast

2. (noun) foresail
the gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner

3. (noun) foresail
the fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast

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