forecastle head

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.

2. the extreme fore part of the main weather deck of a vessel that has no forecastle superstructure.

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forecastle head

When the fire passed beyond control, Captain Warms and his bridge force leaped down on the forecastle head, stayed there until taken off at noon.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is supposed that there was another anchor on the forecastle head, which had somehow fouled, or, at any rate, could not be got loose from some cause or other.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley

A globe-lamp under the forecastle head lighted the captain's investigations, gleaming on wet oilskins, shadow-pitted faces, and the curious, remote thing that had been the mate of the Villingen.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

He moved forward with careful steps, knowing that there must be a man sitting on the forecastle head facing toward him, else he could not have seen the light from the cigarette.

From Isle o' Dreams by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

So, from listening for the horn of a dory, he tried to catch the hoarse voice of a patent fog-horn that would be grinding on the forecastle head.

From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.