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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
foresail
    n 1: the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
       [1913 Webster]
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