OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13656

prow

/pɹaʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
proa
The front part of a vessel.
The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we…
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