forecastle head

noun

, Nautical.

the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
the extreme fore part of the main weather deck of a vessel that has no forecastle superstructure.

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Nobody obeyed him; they stood by laughing and cheering, till the hen made safety beneath the forecastle head.

Jarrow made no reply, but stepped off the forecastle head with a noise of wet, swishing oilskins, and fumbled for a minute.

This shot struck the water directly under the schooner's bow and threw water over her forecastle head.

On the forecastle-head the ship's dog was barking as if mad.

A private conversation that you could hear on the forecastle-head!

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