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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And it's time to clear and quit When the hawser grips the bitt, So we'll pay you with the foresheet and a promise from the sea!
From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard
Slack off the weather foresheet, then, and haul aft the leeward.
From Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Moran spun the wheel without reply, and gave an order to Jim to ease off the foresheet.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank
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 Conrad, Joseph
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
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