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1. (n.) forecastle
a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
2. forecastle
any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.
3. forecastle
the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel, esp. the part forward of the foremast.
Etymology: (1400–50; ME forcastell a towerlike structure on a ship's bow < AF; see fore-,castle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) forecastle, fo'c'sle
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
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1. (noun) forecastle
a short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks
2. (noun) forecastle
that part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels
3. (noun) forecastle
in merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live
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