Word: forecourses
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fore
cour
ses
Definition: Plural of forecourse. The lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.
Morphemes:
Affix: fore-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Positioned at or near the front
Affix: course
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cursus
Language: la
Decoded: cursus
Meaning: course of a race
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).