Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word foreshroud.
Examples
-
It was covered with mud, having been weighed that day, and his feet slipping off it, Hamilton hung by the lanyard of the _Hermione's_ foreshroud.
chained_bear commented on the word foreshroud
"'Away, aloft.' The foreshrouds were dark with racing men. 'Let fall: let fall.'
"The topsail flashed out; the larboard watch sheeted it home and without a word they ran to the halliards..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 12
February 27, 2008