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foresails

foresails is the plural of foresail.

Meaning of foresail

Noun

foresail (plural foresails)

  1. (on a square-rigged ship) 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 similar vessel.
  3. (on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

Questions about foresails

What is foresails the plural of?
Foresails is the plural of foresail.

Words near foresails in the dictionary

  1. forerunnership
  2. forerunning
  3. foreruns
  4. foresaid
  5. foresail
  6. foresails
  7. foresaken
  8. foresave
  9. foresaved
  10. foresaves
  11. foresaving

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