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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Example Sentences

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

They were standing by the forecastle head, and talking above the loud throbbing of the funnel.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

The day following was Sunday, a grey day of penance, the men soberly washing their shirts in buckets under the forecastle head, smoking moody pipes.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

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.

I found Jarrow out here on the forecastle head.

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