foremast

See also: fore-mast

English

Alternative forms

• fore-mast

Etymology

From fore +‎ mast.

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Noun

foremast (plural foremasts)

1. (nautical) The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.

Derived terms

• foremastman

Translations

foremost mast

Bulgarian: фок мачта f (fok mačta) Catalan: trinquet (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 前桅 (zh) (qiánwéi) Dutch: fokkenmast (nl) Esperanto: frontmasto, antaŭmasto Finnish: keulamasto French: mât de misaine (fr) m German: Fockmast (de) m Hebrew: תֹּרֶן קִדְמִי (he) m (toren kidmi) Hungarian: előárbóc Italian: albero di trinchetto m Japanese: フォアマスト (foamasuto) Polish: fok (pl) m, fokmaszt (pl) m Portuguese: mastro do traquete m, mastro da proa m Romanian: trinchet (ro) m, arbore mic (ro) m Russian: фок-ма́чта (ru) f (fok-máčta) Spanish: palo de trinquete m Swedish: fockmast c

See also

• mainmast
• jiggermast
• mizzenmast
• spankermast

Anagrams

• Frometas, fartsome, formates, mortsafe