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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“That’s not unlikely; but let draw the foresheet; we must now get behind the headland.”
From The Pirate by Frederick Marryat
“I think she has her foresheet to windward.”
From Percival Keene 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
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 Thomas M. Balliet
Captin' on the bloomin' poop o' her, an' cook t' th' foresheet!
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone
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