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fore·sail
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lug foresail
a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom. -
topsail schooner
a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail. -
crance iron
a metal ring or cap to which bobstays and shrouds are secured, at the forward end of a bowsprit. -
forecourse
the lowermost sail on a square-rigged foremast; a square foresail. -
foreyard
a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. -
goosewinged
(of a square sail) having the lee clew furled while the weather clew is held taut.