Definitionn. any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
Last update: September 30, 2015
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John Paul himself taught me to tack and wear ship, and MacMuir to stow a headsail. [Please select]
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Captain Barrington and his officers were trying to get some headsail put on the vessel to keep her head up to the huge waves, but they were unwilling to imperil any one's life by ordering him out on the plunging bowsprit, that was now reared heavenward and again plunged downward as if pointing to the bottom of the sea. [Please select]
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