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nounthe mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more maststype of:
Definition that contains foremast
- jib any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
- foretop a platform at the head of a foremast
- forestay an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
- foresail the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
- headsail any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- brigantine two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- fore-topsail the topsail on a foremast
- hermaphrodite brig two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- fore-topmast the topmast next above the foremast