Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Nautical.
noun Nautical.
- 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.
noun
- a variant spelling of forecastle
noun
- the part of a vessel at the bow where the crew is quartered and stores, machines, etc, may be stowed
see forecastle.
c.1400, earlier Anglo-French forechasteil (mid-14c.), from Middle English fore- “before” + Anglo-French castel “fortified tower,” the short raised deck in the fore part of the ship used in warfare (see castle (n.)). Spelling fo’c’sle reflects sailors’ pronunciation.