Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foresail"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Foresail \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

foresail
n : the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel


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