fore-topsail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fore-topsail
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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"She has gone down the river; and the last I saw of her, she was shaking out her fore-topsail," I replied.
From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver
A rough painting of the Crucifixion adorned her fore-topsail.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Hodgson, Edward S.
She sees it too; there goes her fore-topsail.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
The wind was blowing fresh from the southwest, and I was not a little astonished to see that her crew were shaking out her fore-topsail.
From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver
On the 10th of January, it was impossible to work our fore-topsail.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
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