headsail

English

Etymology

head +‎ sail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdˌsəl/, /ˈhɛdˌseɪl/

Noun

headsail (plural headsails)

1. (nautical) Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.

Synonyms

• foresail

Translations

sail set forward of the foremost mast

• Arabic: شِرَاع أَمَامِيّ m (širāʕ ʔamāmiyy)
• Armenian: ֆոկ (fok), առաջակայմի ներքեւի առագաստ (aṙaǰakaymi nerkʻewi aṙagast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前桅前方的帆 (qiánwéi qiánfāng de fān)

• Finnish: keulapurje
• French: voile d’avant f
• German: Vorsegel n
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• Hungarian: elővitorla, orrvitorla
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• Korean: 앞돛 (apdot)
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• Portuguese: vela da proa f
• Russian: фок (ru) m (fok)
• Spanish: vela delantera f
• Swedish: försegel n
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