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Definition of Foreyard
1. n. The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Definition of Foreyard
1. Noun. (nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. ¹
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Definition of Foreyard
1. the lowest yard on a foremast [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreyard
Literary usage of Foreyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Course of Storms in the Indian Ocean South of by Alexander Thom, surgeon Alexander Thom (1845)
"PM, strong winds, lulls at times, with passing showers of rain ; employed in
securing the foremast and foreyard with a topsail sheet for a . ..."
2. Public Characters by Alexander Stephens (1807)
"The foremast wounded, and the foreyard ditto ... iill the rigging and sails much
cut, &c. 7. Defiance.-«--The mainmast, foreyard, and driver-boom wounded ..."
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