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Rareforesail
The correct spelling is foresail.
How to pronounce foresail
noun
Say it like: For-esa-yl
The correct spelling is foresail. (on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
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Definition
noun
- 1.(on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
- 2.A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
- 3.(on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
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