forecastle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forecastle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for forecastle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forecastle n living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed Synonym(s): forecastle, fo'c'sle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forecastle \Fore"cas`tle\ (?; sailors say [?]), n. (Naut.) (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.