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foresheets

foresheets is the plural of foresheet.

Meaning of foresheet

Noun

foresheet (plural foresheets)

  1. one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail
    • Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind.1864, Oliver Optic, The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army

Questions about foresheets

What is foresheets the plural of?
Foresheets is the plural of foresheet.

Words near foresheets in the dictionary

  1. foreshame
  2. foreshank
  3. foreshanks
  4. foreshape
  5. foresheet
  6. foresheets
  7. foreshew
  8. foreshewed
  9. foreshewer
  10. foreshewers
  11. foreshewing

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