Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sail, such as a jib, set forward of a foremast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.
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- noun nautical Any
sail (of a sailing vessel) setforward of the foremostmast .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
Etymologies
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head + sail
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