fore-topsail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fore-topsail
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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A rough painting of the Crucifixion adorned her fore-topsail.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
What are you about, sir?”—as the ship suddenly griped and the weather leach of the fore-topsail shook.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
Towards morning a loud report was heard, as if a gun had been fired on board: the fore-topsail had been blown from the bolt-ropes.
From Jack Buntline by William Henry Giles Kingston
Down came her fore-topsail, the rigging cut and torn in many places, and, as the American again showed her heels, the British captain cried out, “All sail aloft and catch the saucy and insolent privateer!”
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
The fore-topsail was blown out of the hands of the four seamen who had gone aloft to secure it.
From The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock by Oliver Optic
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