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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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 Johnson, Rossiter
I declare there is the Dutchman dodging yonder with foreyard aback.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon
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 Becke, Louis
Just then the foreyard came surging up, and I thought would strike him.
From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de
There was a rush for the shelter of the Gannet, and, realizing the danger, I crept along the foot-rope of the foreyard, gained the foreyard of the Gannet, and thence made for her foretop.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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