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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Naut.)

The lowermost yard on the foremast.

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foreyard ‎(plural foreyards)

(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.

a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail