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English Dictionary: foresail by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresail
n
  1. the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foresail \Fore"sail`\, n. (Naut.)
      (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel,
            being the lowest sail on the foremast.
      (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.
      (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail
            next forward of the mast.
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