FoC

abbreviation for

father of the chapel

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Examples from the Web for foc

Historical Examples

Beds resembling the bunks in the foc's'le of a ship lined the walls.
The Christian
Hall Caine
He has been useful, too, and Foc'sle Jack owes him a debt of gratitude.
My Contemporaries In Fiction
David Christie Murray
"All the others have bolted like rabbits, some into the galley, and others into the foc'sle," he said.
John Frewen, South Sea Whaler
Louis Becke
I found a lot of liquor in the foc'sle, which I took aft and locked up.
A Modern Buccaneer
Rolf Boldrewood
The foc'sle was large, for she carried between twenty-five and thirty men.
A Modern Buccaneer
Rolf Boldrewood

FoC

Examples from the Web for foc

Historical Examples

Beds resembling the bunks in the foc's'le of a ship lined the walls.

He has been useful, too, and Foc'sle Jack owes him a debt of gratitude.

"All the others have bolted like rabbits, some into the galley, and others into the foc'sle," he said.

I found a lot of liquor in the foc'sle, which I took aft and locked up.

The foc'sle was large, for she carried between twenty-five and thirty men.