Foresail

/fˈɔːse‍ɪl/

/fˈɔːɹseɪl/

[noun]

Foresail

[NOUN]

the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel

Examples

1. There was a big back disc atop one of its foresails and this one of the ships that was part of a line of ships - there were many of these lines that were around.

2. During a return transatlantic, with my friend Fredo and our esteemed master Jean-Pierre, in the middle of the Atlantic, right in the middle: eight meter high waves, 40 knots of wind, the boom broke, the foresail tore up, we have to lock ourselves up, we drifted until a yacht, a magnificent sailboat, Pink Gin, offered us and applied the duty of all sailors of the world: to provide assistance to anyone who is in distress at sea.