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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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 Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph) Sullivan
At the same time the schooner, now on our beam and stripped of her light kites, put in stays and remained on the other tack, with her foresheet to windward.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
The foresheet slipped out of Mark’s hand, and flapped, and hit him like a whip till he caught the rope.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
“That’s not unlikely; but let draw the foresheet; we must now get behind the headland.”
From The Pirate by Frederick Marryat
"Fill the topsail, and haul aft the foresheet," were the quiet orders that proclaimed what he intended to do.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by James Fenimore Cooper
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