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Definition of Foremast
1. Noun. The mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts.
Definition of Foremast
1. n. The mast nearest the bow.
Definition of Foremast
1. Noun. (nautical) (''on a ship with more than one mast'') the mast nearest the bow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foremast
1. the forward mast of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foremast
Literary usage of Foremast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"TUE foremast IS SPRUNG NEAR THE HOUNDS OR BIBBS. Send down topgallant yards and
masts ; hook the jeers, and settle the fore yard ; hook top-blocks, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"A steam-vessel when under way must carry on or in front of the foremast, or if
a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel [at a height ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1808)
"were armed) that it was notin my power to come up with, owing to our crippled
state, having two 24-pounders shot through the foremast, one through the ..."
4. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"Strictly speaking, a three-masted vessel having bowsprit, mainmast, foremast,
and mizzen- mast, each square-rigged and composed of a lower mast, a topmast, ..."
5. Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Saʻa and Ulawa, Solomon Islands by Walter George Ivens (1918)
"The Undine was a fore-and-aft schooner of 21 tons, and a square sail could be
hoisted on the foremast when the wind was aft. The Bishop had already made ..."
6. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"A yawl has a foremast rigged exactly like a cutter, hut has a small mizzen- mast
carrying a spanker or driver. See YACHT. Fig. 1. and résolution of forces. ..."
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