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fore sail

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fore⋅sail

[fawr-seyl, fohr-; Naut. fawr-suhl, fohr-]
–noun Nautical.
1. the lowermost sail on a foremast.
2. the staysail or jib, set immediately forward of the mainmast of a sloop, cutter, knockabout, yawl, ketch, or dandy.

Origin:
1475–85; fore- + sail
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