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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Foresail \Fore"sail`\, n. (Naut.)
     (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel,
         being the lowest sail on the foremast.
     (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.
     (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail
         next forward of the mast.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foresail
       n : the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel

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