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
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One of the sailors went on to the foreyard to ascertain more distinctly what was going on.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Walter Runciman
It took a good while to do this, and once, while working on the foreyard, Jack was delighted to find himself by his captain's side.
From Marcy The Blockade Runner by George G. (George Gorgas) White
At last her foreyard went in the slings, and her main-topsail in ribbons, and she righted.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
It towered higher than the foreyard, presenting a spectacle that was at once grandly impressive but terribly dangerous, for if it fell over upon the Investigator she would be crushed to atoms.
From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott
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
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