Foresail Definition

fôrsəl, -sāl
noun
The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged ship.
Webster's New World
The principal triangular sail hung to the mast of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel.
American Heritage
The main triangular sail on the foremast of a schooner.
Webster's New World

A jib.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Foresail

Noun

Singular:
foresail
Plural:
foresails

Foresail Sentence Examples

  • The original sailing rig is a large balanced lug foresail with a small mizzen, but a gunter sloop rig is now also available.

  • The yawl is a common traditional rig, but here drawn with a balanced lug foresail for easy handling and safety.

  • I never really did solve the problem of keeping the foresail luff tight on a Jack Holt roller spar - anyone else cracked it?

  • Simon and Laurie undid the ropes and we motored off jetty then switched off and hoisted the mainsail and Genoa (foresail ).

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

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Words Starting With F and Ending With L

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Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With L