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forechains

forechains is the plural of forechain.

Meaning of forechain

Noun

forechain (plural forechains)

  1. (plural-normally) A chain securing the lower shrouds of the foremast.
    • "Slip into the lee forechains, Billy; there is something in the wind. […]"1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Questions about forechains

What is forechains the plural of?
Forechains is the plural of forechain.

Words near forechains in the dictionary

  1. forecaught
  2. forecaution
  3. forecautioned
  4. forecautions
  5. forechain
  6. forechains
  7. forecharge
  8. forecharges
  9. forechase
  10. forechases
  11. forecheck

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