Definition of Foreyards. Meaning of Foreyards. Synonyms of Foreyards

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Definition of Foreyards

Foreyard
Foreyard Fore"yard`, n. (Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. Note: [See Illust. of Ship.]

Meaning of Foreyards from wikipedia

- ****ed in pairs to each yard, one at each end. brace abox To bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship. brail 1.  To furl a sail by pulling it in...
- succession. Orion came round untouched, but Colossus was going about when her foreyard and foretop yard were shot away. She was forced to wear ship instead of...
- her cargo and guns had been thrown overboard, and her foreyard and her sails from the foreyard had been cut down. Her crew had been about to take to her...
- emerging she furiously and unsuccessfully demanded he be hanged from the foreyard arm. By his wife he had three children: Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton...
- Kagosima one vent-piece of the pivot-gun broke and a piece went up to foreyard, but no one was hurt, and it was the fault of the captain of the gun not...
- Houses in these styles typically included a Teochew gate which led to the foreyard of the house, which had a storied shophouse look instead of Chaozhou typology...
- in an attempt to escape, but drowned when it capsized. In the morning a foreyard was placed over the gunwale that permitted the rest of the crew to reach...
- the Bretherton road, from which it stands back some distance, and has a foreyard inclosed on the west side by farm buildings. Carr House is the ancestral...
- received two holes in the hull and the latter, damage to the mainmast and foreyard. During the hours of darkness, the two French ships crossed the bows of...
- by herself early the following morning. By that time, she had lost her foreyard, rudder, windl****, spare spars, longboat and skiff, and was leaking at...