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foretopsail

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fore·top·sail (fôr

t

p

s

l, -t

p-, f

r

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n. Nautical

The sail hung from the foretopmast.

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Scarcely had we recovered our senses, before the foretopsail went into shreds, when we got up a storm staysail and with this did pretty well for some hours, the ship heading the sea much more steadily than before.

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