Foresheet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foresheet is a noun meaning (nautical) one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail.
Meaning
(nautical) one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail.
Example Sentences
Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind.
They saw him board, neatly running the small boat under the schooner's counter; they saw the foresheet eased off and the ship run up into the wind; then the foresail dropped and the wheel lashed so that she would stand so.
Word Forms
- foresheets
- fore-sheet
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include headsheet, foresail, headgear, sheet, foretopsail, jibsheet.
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