fore-topsail

1. 1.

   the topsail on a foremast

   Broadertopsail

Questions about fore-topsail

What does fore-topsail mean?

fore-topsail means "the topsail on a foremast".

How many syllables are in fore-topsail?

fore-topsail has 4 syllables and divides as fo-re--top-sail under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is fore-topsail a common word?

fore-topsail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.