OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 51510

beakhead

Meanings (ES + gloss)
alas de proa • espolón
A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
Holonyms: beak < bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
“For seven days, thou old cozzener,” said the mate, “thou shalt keep clean the beakhead and the chains, and lucky art thou to be at sea. Ashore they would have whipped thee through…
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