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FORECASTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
Synonyms:
fo'c'sle; forecastle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("forecastle" is a kind of...):
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Holonyms ("forecastle" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Context examples:
The six scoundrels were sitting grumbling under a sail in the forecastle; ashore we could see the gigs made fast and a man sitting in each, hard by where the river runs in.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In the meantime, his two men, as was the wont of visiting sailors, had gone forward into the forecastle to do some visiting themselves.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“See how they stretch out from each other! The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle. See, they bend to the levers! They are about to loose it.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the breed of sailors seemed to have changed since the days he had lived in the forecastle.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And one of the six forecastle hands was little better.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The forecastle was like an angry hive of bees aroused by some marauder.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
At this instant, however, a startled shout rang out from two seamen upon the forecastle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was the fellow who had lived and thrilled and loved; who had been easy-going and tolerant of the frailties of life; who had served in the forecastle, wandered in strange lands, and led his gang in the old fighting days.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the mainsail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Then, in the first dog-watch, trouble came to a head in the forecastle.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
