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
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)
Right aft over the screw a few cramped four-berth cabins formed the first-class accommodation, while the sailors' bunks in the forecastle head had been fitted up as second-class.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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
The boat deck, the forecastle head, the poop—are all lined over by the waiting men: the empty boat-chocks and the dangling falls inspire a mood of disquiet.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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