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head⋅sheet

[hed-sheet]
–noun Nautical.
1. foresheet (def. 1).
2. headsheets, foresheet (def. 2).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See head, sheet 2

fore⋅sheet

[fawr-sheet, fohr-]
–noun Nautical.
1. the sheet of a headsail.
2. foresheets, (used with a plural verb) the space, in an open boat, in front of the foremost rower's seat.
Also called headsheet.


Origin:
1660–70; fore- + sheet
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