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bowsprit

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bow·sprit  (bousprt, b-)
n. Nautical
A spar, extending forward from the stem of a ship, to which the stays of the foremast are fastened.
[Middle English bouspret, possibly from Middle Low German bchsprt : bch, bow; see bheug- in Indo-European roots + sprt, sprit; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
bowsprit [ˈbəʊsprɪt]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
[from Middle Low German bōchsprēt, from bōch bow3 + sprēt pole]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bowspritbowsprit - a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
spar - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
Translations
bowsprit [ˈbəʊsprɪt] N → bauprés m
bowsprit
n → Bugspriet nt or m
bowsprit [ˈbəʊˌsprɪt] n (Naut) → bompresso
bowsprit [ˈbəʊˌsprɪt] n (Naut) → bompresso


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During all this time the ship lay rolling in the trough of the sea, the heavy surges breaking over her, and the spars heaving and banging to and fro, bruising the half-drowned sailors that clung to the bowsprit and the stumps of the masts.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes: A thing, as the Bellman remarked, That frequently happens in tropical climes, When a vessel is, so to speak, "snarked.
The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context
The three men at her mast-head wore long streamers of narrow red bunting at their hats; from the stern, a whale-boat was suspended, bottom down; and hanging captive from the bowsprit was seen the long lower jaw of the last whale they had slain.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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