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Definition of Foreyards
1. foreyard [n] - See also: foreyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreyards
Literary usage of Foreyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Morgan Robertson (1899)
"Fore-and-aft sail was set and head-sheets trimmed down to port, square sails were
dropped, sheeted home, and hoisted, foreyards braced to port, ..."
2. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (1917)
"At daylight by careful manipulation of the helm we got the foreyards to run square
by themselves (the water keeping smooth) and then went about hauling the ..."
3. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... we might haul home the sheets without going up to loose them, and, lowering
our main and foreyards, looked just as if we had lain there a good while. ..."
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