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

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 took hold of him to draw him under the forecastle head, where he would have shelter, and was alarmed at the inertness of the body under his hands.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

At last, one night, when old Peter was holding his usual levee, he suddenly raised his voice, and authoritatively demanded that his auditors should bear him on to the forecastle head.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

Bitter spray was flying everywhere, her decks ran water; but it was only between foremast and forecastle head she shipped it in cascades, and little groups of passengers stood where they could find shelter.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold