Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
foremast [fawr-mast, -mahst, fohr-; Nautical fawr-muh st, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun Nautical.
Origin of foremast First recorded in 1575–85; fore- + mast1 Examples from the Web for foremast Historical Examples of foremast
Then I heard the crash of the foremast as it went down to leeward.
James Fenimore Cooper
I shipped, accordingly, in the vessel mentioned, as a foremast hand.
James Fenimore Cooper
She lost her bowsprit and foremast, but escaped further injury.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Robert Southey
Without you, we might not have succeeded in getting the foremast.
James Fenimore Cooper
The foremast is properly stayed in the deck, and should be fitted with rat-lines.
Raymond Francis Yates
British Dictionary definitions for foremast foremast noun
- the mast nearest the bow on vessels with two or more masts