Foremast definition

fôrməst, -măst
The forward mast on a sailing vessel.
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The mast nearest the bow of a ship.
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(nautical) (on a ship with more than one mast) The mast nearest the bow.
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Noun

Singular:
foremast
Plural:
foremasts

Origin of foremast

Foremast Sentence Examples

  • A Topsail Schooner has a square topsail on the foremast.

  • After seventeen months the Georgic emerged on 12th December 1944 with one funnel and a stump foremast.

  • He touched at Stromo in the Faroe Islands for water, and on the r 5th of June off Newfoundland the "Half-Moon" "spent overboard her foremast."

  • You can see the bowsprit, foremast with crow's nest, a cannon.

  • The next step was to add extra masts, the foremast and the mizen mast.

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