fo'c's'le

Toward the old man he advanced, with rowdy oaths of the focsle.

At the word from Decatur, Thorn began training the focsle gun, which in the steadier sea would have a deadly effect.

They had provided solid shot for long range at the batteries, and these were now brought up and put conveniently on the focsle.

And truly, it came out in the end that the other Admiral had done almost exactly what his focsle friends expected.

An officer shot down on to the focsle, while the yeoman of signals, whose nose is that of a hawk, kept an unshut eye on the Flag.