noun. The principal square sail hung to the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.

noun. The principal triangular sail hung to the mast of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel.

noun. The triangular sail hung to the forestay of a cutter or sloop.

noun. Nautical, in a square-rigged vessel, the sail bent to the foreyard; in a schooner, the fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast; in a sloop or cutter, the sail set on the forestay.

noun. The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.

noun. The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

noun. The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

noun. The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

noun. A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.

noun. A triangular sail set forward of the foremast

noun. the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel

"The awful volume of sound given out by the fierce, headlong swoop of the wind as it bore down upon us quite prepared me to see both masts blown clean out of the schooner; but all her gear fortunately happened to be sound and good, and the loss of the foresail was the full extent of the damage sustained by us."

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