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Definition of Foresail
1. Noun. The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
Definition of Foresail
1. n. The sail bent to the foreyard of a square- rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.
Definition of Foresail
1. Noun. (nautical on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foresail
1. the lowest sail on a foremast [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foresail
Literary usage of Foresail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1892)
"She had but the three sails bent,—mainsail, foresail, and jib. ... The mainsail
was single reefed, aud the foresail and jib were without their bonnets, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"At that time, B82 as they allege, she was heading towards tbt southern and western
shore, but being under i double-reef mainsail, foresail, and jio, ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"... with all her yards and masts aloft, sweeping beautifully before the gale,
under a close-reefed foresail. winde, THE SPIRIT O'4 MUSIC. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Cutter Yacht, i.bow- »prit and martingale; 2, jib —behind it is the foresail; 3,
cross-trees and topmast- shroud ; 4, pennant designating the club to which ..."
5. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"CHAPTER V. Set sail and get Aground — How we bumped, thumped, and staggered —
Scene in the Cabin — Sleeping in the foresail — Providential Deliverance ..."
6. The Kedge Anchor, Or Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1852)
"Get both bowers ready for letting go ; haul up the foresail, making a due allowance
for headway, and run in under bare poles ; when near the berth, ..."
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