foresail

noun

Etymology

From fore- + sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel.

  1. inherited from *seglą
  2. inherited from *segl
  3. inherited from seġl
  4. inherited from saile
  5. prefixed as foresail — “fore + sail

Definitions

  1. The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

  2. A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other…

    A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.

  3. A triangular sail set forward of the foremast

    A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foresail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA