Forecastle
['fəʊks(ə)l] or ['foksl]
Definition
(noun.) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.
Checker: Rosalind--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.
(n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.
(n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
Checked by Erwin
Definition
n. a short raised deck at the fore-end of a vessel: the forepart of the ship under the maindeck the quarters of the crew.
Checker: Osbert
Examples
- At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He took Tom's trunk, which contained a very neat and abundant wardrobe, to the forecastle, where it was soon surrounded by various hands of the boat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typed by Jed