foresheet

Etymology

From fore- + sheet.

foresheet means one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail“Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind.”