foresheet
Americannoun
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the sheet of a headsail.
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(used with a plural verb) foresheets, the space, in an open boat, in front of the foremost rower's seat.
noun
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the sheet of a foresail
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(plural) the part forward of the foremost thwart of a boat
Etymology
Origin of foresheet
Example Sentences
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There is a mainsheet, a jibsheet, and a foresheet.
From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis)
Taking an extra turn in the foresheet, he laid the course of the boat a little closer to the wind, which soon brought her into the comparatively still water behind Long Island.
From Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Optic, Oliver
Suddenly there was a lift in the rain, and between them and the land they saw another flare, 'Down with the foresheet!
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley
In the meantime the schooner had let draw her foresheet, and had already left him a quarter of a mile astern.
From The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph)
Mark loosened the foresheet, and the boat turning to the right was carried by her own impetus and the pressure of the mainsail up towards the wind.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
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