prow
1the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
the front end of an airship.
Literary. a ship.
Origin of prow
1Other words from prow
- prowed, adjective
How to use prow in a sentence
Hard was the struggle & therein waxed Hakon luckless; men fought from the prows and sterns, as the custom was in those times.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonSo they turned their prows once more toward home, and worked wearily against wind and weather by the slow pull of the oars.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerSigmund's ships from the land sailing, with gilded heads, and carved prows.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonAt Peoria Lake they struck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi and turned their prows southward.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)We saw there some launches very well made of tule, with their prows or points somewhat elevated.
British Dictionary definitions for prow
/ (praʊ) /
the bow of a vessel
Origin of prow
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse