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fore·cas·tle
/
ˈfoʊk
səl, ˈfɔrˌkæs
əl, -ˌkɑ
səl, ˈfoʊr-
/
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[
fohk
-s
uh
l,
fawr
-kas-
uh
l, -kah-s
uh
l,
fohr
-
]
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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, especially that part forward of the foremast.
Also,
fo'c's'le
,
fo'c'sle.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
forcastel.
See
fore-
,
castle
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forecastle
,
fo'c's'le
or
fo'c'sle
(ˈfəʊks
ə
l)
—
n
the part of a vessel at the bow where the crew is quartered and stores, machines, etc, may be stowed
fo'c's'le
,
fo'c's'le
or
fo'c'sle
—
n
fo'c'sle
,
fo'c's'le
or
fo'c'sle
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
forecastle
c.1400, 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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Seas were breaking over the forward part of the vessel and a number of butter
boxes on the
forecastle
got loose.
The last two mines were placed in the
forecastle
beneath the jib boom.
They led the rescue of the burning vessel's boatswain from the
forecastle
.
The watchman was swept overboard, and the remainder of the crew were imprisoned
iv the cabin and
forecastle
.
The
forecastle
was filled with water and the bedding and clothing of the crew were soaked.
Weather deck is from
forecastle
bulkhead aft to forward bulkhead of the aft garage house.
In a few minutes dense clouds of smoke were issuing from the
forecastle
, accompanied by flames.
The
forecastle
of the ship was later removed, leaving only the hull which entombed the crew.
The foot of the mast lies on the deck and the mid-portion lies across the
forecastle
near the end of the catwalk.
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". . . the ship struck at ten minutes after four A.M., and all hands, being mostly in their nightclothes, made haste to the
forecastle
, the water coming in at once. There they remained; the passengers in the
forecastle
, the crew above it, doing what they could. Every wave lifed the
forecastle
roof and washed over those within. The first man got ashore at nine; many from nine to noon. At flood-tide, about half past three o'clock, when the ship broke up entirely, they came out of the
forecastle
, and Margaret sat with her back to the foremast, with her hands on her knees, her husband and child already drowned. A great wave came and washed her aft. The steward (?) had just before taken her child and started for shore. Both were drowned."
-Henry David Thoreau
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