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bowsprit
[ bou-sprit, boh- ]
noun
, Nautical.
- a spar projecting from the upper end of the bow of a sailing vessel, for holding the tacks of various jibs or stays and often supporting a jib boom.
bowsprit
/ ˈbəʊsprɪt /
noun
- nautical a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bowsprit1
C13: from Middle Low German bōchsprēt , from bōch bow ³ + sprēt pole
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Example Sentences
The bowsprit of the Guerriere caught fast in the rigging of the Constitution, and the sailors on both ships tried to board.
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Her bowsprit and masts were nearly all cut away, and out of more than a hundred men only fourteen were unhurt.
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They'd got a kind of fore-shortening out of the bowsprit, and another set of canvas partly up that was dirty and patched.
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A few wretches alone clung desperately to the forepart of the ship and the stump of the bowsprit.
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The studding-sails were rigged out, and various strange-shaped sails were set between the masts and above and below the bowsprit.
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