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Foresail
(on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
📖 Definitions of "Foresail"
noun
- 1
(on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
- 2
A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
- 3
(on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
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