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Definition of Foreship
1. n. The fore part of a ship.
Definition of Foreship
1. Noun. (obsolete) The fore part of a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreship
1. the front of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreship
Literary usage of Foreship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explanatory notes upon the New Testament by John Wesley (1813)
"31 were going to carry out anchors out ofthe foreship, Paul said to the centurion
and the ... foreship ..."
2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"The torpedo struck and caused such a severe explosion in the foreship that the
whole foreship was torn loose up to the bridge. ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and
the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up ..."
4. The Acts: An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman (1919)
"41 But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground;
and the foreship struck and remained immovable, but the stem began to break up ..."
5. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"If the light first appears in the stem or foreship and ascends upwards, it is
good luck ; if either lights begin at the topmast, bowsprit or foreship, ..."
6. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"He adds that if the first light appears in the stem or foreship and ascends
upwards, it is a sign of good luck ; if " cither lights begin at the topmast, ..."
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