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 Definitions of crow's-nest  [ˈkraʊnˌpis]  

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Definition of 'crow's-nest' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) crow's-nest
a platform or shelter for a lookout high on a ship's mast.

2.  crow's-nest
any similar platform raised high above the ground, as a station for a traffic officer.

Etymology:  (1815–25)

Definition of 'crow's-nest' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) crow's-nest
a box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout
Translation of 'crow's-nest' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a shelter at the masthead of a ship, used as a lookout post.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kraaines, maskorf Arabic flag Arabic: مِنَصَّة المُراقَبة في ال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: наблюдателница
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cesto da gávea Czech flag Czech: strážní koš German flag German: der Ausguck
Danish flag Danish: udkigstønde Greek flag Greek: παρατηρητήριο Spanish flag Spanish: cofa
Estonian flag Estonian: mastikorv Farsi flag Farsi: برج دیده بانی Finnish flag Finnish: märssykori
French flag French: nid de pie Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְקוּדַת תָצפִּית בְּאוֹנ Hindi flag Hindi: पौरी कोटर
Croatian flag Croatian: izvidnica Hungarian flag Hungarian: árbockosár Indonesian flag Indonesian: menara pengawasan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varðturn Italian flag Italian: gabbia Japanese flag Japanese: 見張台
Korean flag Korean: 돗대 위의 망대 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: stebėjimo punktas Latvian flag Latvian: novērošanas platforma (ma
Malay flag Malay: menara pengawasan Dutch flag Dutch: kraaiennest Norwegian flag Norwegian: utkikkstønne
Polish flag Polish: bocianie gniazdo Persian flag Persian: برج دیده بانی Pashto flag Pashto: سرپټونی د کښتی د خادی په
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gávea Romanian flag Romanian: cuibul cor­bu­lui Russian flag Russian: ``воронье гнездо''
Slovak flag Slovak: strážny kôš (na sťažni) Slovenian flag Slovenian: izvidniški koš Serbian flag Serbian: osmatračnica na brodu
Swedish flag Swedish: mastkorg, utkik Thai flag Thai: จุดมองบนเสากระโดงเรือ Turkish flag Turkish: çanaklık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 船桅上的看台 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спостережний пост Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chòi trên đỉnh cột buồm
Chinese flag Chinese: 桅上守望台

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