fore-topsail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fore-topsail
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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Set the fore-topmast-staysail, let fall the foresail, get the fore-topsail on her, Mr Lowe.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
He had noted—for his eyes were sharp—the fore-topsail of a windjammer cut a square nick out of the horizon, and come like a scared white thing through the Golden Gate.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
The only means by which, under the circumstances, this could be accomplished was by sacrificing the fore-topsail; and he accordingly called for a volunteer to assist him in the task.
From The Voyage of the Aurora by Harry Collingwood
We continued to scud under a double-reefed mainsail and fore-topsail till dusk; but, as the sea ran high, the captain thought it safest to bring her to.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 by Various
She was square-rigged on the foremast, carrying fore-topsail and fore-course.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
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