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forecastle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun forecastle has 1 sense
- forecastle(n = noun.artifact) fo'c'sle - living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed; Array is a kind of living quarters, quarters
is a part of ship
CIDE DICTIONARY
forecastle, n.
A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
forecastle, n. (also fo'c's'le) Naut.
1 the forward part of a ship where the crew has quarters.
2 hist. a short raised deck at the bow.
1 the forward part of a ship where the crew has quarters.
2 hist. a short raised deck at the bow.
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