foresail

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel.

Noun

foresail (plural foresails)

(nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
(nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
(nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

Translations

lowest square sail on foremast

Bulgarian: фок m (fok)
Finnish: keulapurje, fokka (fi)
French: misaine (fr) f

Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἀρτέμων m (artémōn)
Italian: trinchetto (it) m

square fore-and-aft sail set behind the foremast

in a sloop: triangular sail attached to forestay

Danish: fok (da) c, forsejl (da) n
Faroese: fokka f

Finnish: keulapurje, fokka (fi)
Icelandic: fokka f

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