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.
any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.
the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel, especially that part forward of the foremast.
Origin of forecastle
1- Also fo'c's'le, fo'c'sle.
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How to use forecastle in a sentence
It's just this same yawping at one another in the forecastles that makes it easy for the buckoes aft to hunt you.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan RobertsonIn all likelihood he was of Scandinavian birth and blood, long pickled in the forecastles of English and American ships.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonA man can sail in the forecastles of big ships all his life and never know what real sailing is.
The Human Drift | Jack LondonScotch born of drunken parents, he had been reared in the slums of American cities and the forecastles of American ships.
White Shadows in the South Seas | Frederick O'BrienTubbs, who had been well seasoned in the close air of forecastles, held out better than we did.
The Two Supercargoes | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for forecastle
fo'c's'le or fo'c'sle
/ (ˈfəʊksəl) /
the part of a vessel at the bow where the crew is quartered and stores, machines, etc, may be stowed
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