forecastle head
Americannoun
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the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
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the extreme fore part of the main weather deck of a vessel that has no forecastle superstructure.
Example Sentences
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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 deep shadow would have detached the forecastle head but for a length of luminous bulwark which still held it, and some quiet voices of men who were within the shadow, yarning.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
At the forecastle head of the Rosan stood a youth tolling the ship’s bell.
From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage
Jarrow made no reply, but stepped off the forecastle head with a noise of wet, swishing oilskins, and fumbled for a minute.
From Isle o' Dreams by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
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 Perceval Gibbon
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