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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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 Jefferies, Richard
And meanwhile, in the waist up to his knees in water—so low the schooner lay—the captain was hacking at the foresheet with a pocket knife.
From The Ebb-Tide by Osbourne, Lloyd
We reefed the foresail and set him, we hauled aft the foresheet: the helm was hard-a-weather.
From Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World by Balliet, Thomas M.
Captin' on the bloomin' poop o' her, an' cook t' th' foresheet!
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
First our foresheet was carried away; this was followed by our staysail, and things began to look serious, in fact, most unpleasantly so.
From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by Walker, H. Wilfrid
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