"foresail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-foresail.wav Forms: foresails [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|sail}} fore- + sail, {{cog|nl|voorzeil}} Dutch voorzeil, {{cog|de|Vorsegel}} German Vorsegel, {{cog|da|forsejl}} Danish forsejl, {{cog|sv|försegel}} Swedish försegel Head templates: {{en-noun}} foresail (plural foresails)
  1. (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (lowest square sail on foremast): ἀρτέμων (artémōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), фок (fok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), trinquet [masculine] (Catalan), keulapurje (Finnish), fokka (Finnish), misaine [feminine] (French), Fock [feminine] (German), trinchetto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-foresail-en-noun-G3NsN4Ug Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 28 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 32 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 27 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 63 24 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 56 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 23 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 52 27 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 59 23 19 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'lowest square sail on foremast': 68 22 11
  2. (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-foresail-en-noun-IVXaX8RB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 28 51 21 Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (in a sloop: triangular sail attached to forestay): fok [common-gender] (Danish), forsejl [neuter] (Danish), fokka [feminine] (Faroese), keulapurje (Finnish), fokka (Finnish), fokka [feminine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-foresail-en-noun-pLUe92qv Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'in a sloop: triangular sail attached to forestay': 19 25 56

Inflected forms

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