ALL meanings of foresail
fore·sail
F f - noun foresail The principal sail on a foremast. 1
- noun foresail the lowermost sail on a foremast. 1
- noun foresail the staysail or jib, set immediately forward of the mainmast of a sloop, cutter, knockabout, yawl, ketch, or dandy. 1
- noun foresail (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast. 0
- noun foresail (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. 0
- noun foresail (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail. 0
- noun foresail the aftermost headsail of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel 0
- noun foresail the lowest sail set on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel 0
- noun foresail the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged ship 0
- noun foresail the main triangular sail on the foremast of a schooner 0
- noun foresail a jib3 0