forechain

noun

forechain

noun

Etymology From fore- + chain.

1

Nautical, Transport Plural normally A chain securing the lower shrouds of the foremast.

"Slip into the lee forechains, Billy; there is something in the wind. […]"1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:

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