foreyard
Americannoun
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a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
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a yard on the lowest spar of the foremast of a topsail schooner used to hold out the clews of the topsail or lower topsails.
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a yard forming the main lower mast of a ketch or yawl used to support a square course.
noun
Etymology
Origin of foreyard
Example Sentences
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She sailed slowly round the south point of Pingelap and backed her foreyard, and presently a boat was lowered and pulled ashore.
From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke
Finding that he was not likely to gain any progress this day, he sent the carpenter ashore to prepare a new foreyard, and in the mean time prepared to make an extraordinary experiment on board.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
That foreyard goes round now," said old Semple, "as if it was hung like a balance.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
Foresail, fōr′sāl, n. a sail attached to the foreyard on the foremast.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
We had already lost our foreyard, which had tumbled down across the fo'c'sle, bringing with it a litter of ropes, blocks, and torn canvas.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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