foresail

• The awful volume of sound given out by the fierce, headlong swoop of the wind as it bore down upon us quite prepared me to see both masts blown clean out of the schooner; but all her gear fortunately happened to be sound and good, and the loss of the foresail was the full extent of the damage sustained by us Having satisfied myself upon that point, I ventured to raise my head a little above the bulwarks to see how the strange sail was faring. —  The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
• The ball had passed through the great foresail, a couple of feet from the mast Very good," the captain said. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
• Hoisting the foresail, they quickly left the Bell Rock far behind them, and, in the course of a couple of hours, sailed into the harbour of Arbroath CHAPTER TWO THE LOVERS AND THE PRESS-GANG About a mile to the eastward of the ancient town of Arbroath the shore abruptly changes its character, from a flat beach to a range of, perhaps, the wildest and most picturesque cliffs on the east coast of Scotland. —  The Lighthouse
• This raised Tommy's hopes and spirits to an unnaturally high pitch; he trimmed the foresail--the only one left--as well as he could, and then, seizing the tiller, kept the vessel running straight before the wind Standing thus at the helm he began to reflect on his position, and the reflection did not tend to comfort him. —  The Lifeboat
• All Sunday they toiled--the spars on an 18-tonner are no child's play--and at last they were able to rig up a jury-mast which would carry the mainsail with four reefs, while the foresail was able to catch the wind of heaven with only two. —  The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'

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