"foresheet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foresheets [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + sheet. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fore-|sheet}} fore- + sheet Head templates: {{en-noun}} foresheet (plural foresheets)
  1. (nautical) one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: fore-sheet Translations (one of the ropes that controls the foresail): tile tosaigh [masculine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1864, Oliver Optic, The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army",
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