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forecourse

forecourse noun: the lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.

Noun

forecourse (plural forecourses)

  1. The lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.

Forms of forecourse

pluralforecourses

Origin of forecourse

From fore- + course?

Questions about forecourse

What does forecourse mean?
Forecourse means the lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.
What part of speech is forecourse?
Forecourse is a noun.
What is the plural of forecourse?
The plural of forecourse is forecourses.

Words near forecourse in the dictionary

  1. foreconsider
  2. foreconsidered
  3. foreconstruct
  4. forecount
  5. forecounts
  6. forecourse
  7. forecourses
  8. forecourt
  9. forecourts
  10. forecover
  11. forecovers

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