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foretopsail

foretopsail noun: the sail draped from the foretopmast.

Noun

foretopsail (plural foretopsails)

  1. The sail draped from the foretopmast.

Forms of foretopsail

pluralforetopsails

Origin of foretopsail

From fore- + topsail.

Questions about foretopsail

What does foretopsail mean?
Foretopsail means the sail draped from the foretopmast.
What part of speech is foretopsail?
Foretopsail is a noun.
What is the plural of foretopsail?
The plural of foretopsail is foretopsails.

Words near foretopsail in the dictionary

  1. foretopman
  2. foretopmast
  3. foretopmasts
  4. foretopmen
  5. foretops
  6. foretopsail
  7. foretopsails
  8. foretossed
  9. foretouch
  10. foretouched
  11. foretouches

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