How To Use fore-topsail In A Sentence
- Fortunately, the jib only gybed, while the fore-topsail slatted a bit against the mast; and all the other sails remaining full and drawing, a slight shift of the helm sufficed to put the ship on her proper course. The Island Treasure
- The captain gave his orders in a clear voice, and rope after rope was hauled taut, and the sails were furled, that is rolled up, except the fore-topsail, which was closely reefed. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading
- It was not long before the wind swept across the waves with almost resistless force, when it was found necessary to strip the brig of all canvas, excepting a storm main-staysail and close-reefed fore-topsail; the yards were braced up, the helm lashed a-lee, and the brig was laid to. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
- The foresail and fore-topsail, emptied of the wind by the manoeuvre, and with no one to bring in the sheet in time, were thundering into ribbons, the heavy boom threshing and splintering from rail to rail. Chapter 17
- The fore-topsail would give her the necessary way, but spreading it before she was before the wind would lay her over on her beam ends. Hornblower And The Hotspur
- A gale of wind occurred on the coast, and the crew were ordered aloft to reef the fore-topsail. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
- The captain's prediction was verified; for the wind continued to increase, accompanied with fine drizzling rain, until about nine o'clock, when orders were given to take another reef in the mainsail, and double reef the fore-topsail. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
- It was near the close of the first watch when the fore-topsail getting loose on the lee yard arm, I went aloft to secure it. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
- Captain Miles was just thinking of setting the spanker and bending a new fore-topsail, when, as if it had been all at once shut off from its source, the strong north-western wind in a moment ceased to blow. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea
- He ran his eyes aloft to make sure that the preparations for goose-einging the fore-topsail were complete, and his gaze lingered for a while longer as he observed the motion of the spars relative to the wild sky. Hornblower And The Hotspur