foresail

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

foresail (plural foresails)

1. (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
2. (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
3. (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

Translations

lowest square sail on foremast

• Bulgarian: фок m (fok)
• Catalan: trinquet (ca) m
• Finnish: keulapurje, fokka (fi)
• French: misaine (fr) f
• German: Fock (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀρτέμων m (artémōn)

• Italian: trinchetto (it) m

square fore-and-aft sail set behind the foremast

in a sloop: triangular sail attached to forestay

• Danish: fok (da) c, forsejl (da) n
• Faroese: fokka f
• Finnish: keulapurje, fokka (fi)
• Icelandic: fokka f