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fo'c'sle

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fo'c's'le

  [fohk-suhl]
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–noun Nautical.
forecastle.
Also, fo'c'sle.

Origin:
resp., reflecting syncope and loss of pre-consonantal r

fore⋅cas⋅tle

  [fohk-suhl, fawr-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, fohr-]
–noun Nautical.
1. 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. any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.
3. the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel, esp. that part forward of the foremast.
Also, fo'c's'le, fo'c'sle.

Origin:
1300–50; ME forcastel. See fore-, castle
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forecastle 
1407, from Anglo-Fr. forechasteil, from M.E. fore "before" + castel "fortified tower," the short raised deck in the fore part of the ship used in warfare. Spelling fo'c'sle reflects sailors' pronunciation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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