Foresheet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail

    "Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind."

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headsheet

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"Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind."

Etymology

From fore- + sheet.

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