How To Use foremast In A Sentence
- On the foremast was a seat on a hinge, which could be dropped down, on which the "doctor" could sit and do his work, roasting himself at the same time he roasted his beef or fried his fish. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder
- The foremasts carried square-rigged sails, while the mainmasts carried a fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail and square-rigged top sail.
- The overlapping view makes it difficult to sort out the various spars, but it appears that the foremast has only lower and topmasts, while topgallants are carried on the main and mizen.
- There was also a small square sail which would be hoisted to a yard on the foremast and two trysails to be hoisted on the jigger.
- She ducked beneath the foreboom to discover Apollo and Gerard standing at the port rail and Kevin lounging against the foremast shrouds as if they were a hammock. Thief Of Hearts
- The foremast is the main thing to get rid of now; and, unless the sea keeps still, we'll never manage to cut that away, for it is still more under water than the mainmast was. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea
- Looking up, I could see the foremast as usual surrounded by clouds of baitfish and, hanging ominously among them, barracuda.
- From a sheath mounted next to the foremast he pulled a long sword and, laying the smoke down on an air vent, with one thwack cut off the end.
- Of course, two days 'work was required for the accomplishment of this part of my task, and it was not till the morning of the third day that I swung the foremast from the deck and proceeded to square its butt to fit the step. Chapter 37
- Except on small ships the main and foremasts always carried double mast tackles.
