The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:Fore-topsail \Fore`-top"sail\ (? or ?), n. (Naut.) the topsail on a foremast. See Sail. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):fore-topsail n 1: the topsail on a foremast