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·noun A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. II. F...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Once a short deck placed in the fore-part of a ship above the upper deck; it was usually terminated,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen. ...
See hammock-nettings. ...
The rail extended on stanchions across the after-part of the forecastle-deck in some ships. ...
A short deck forward above the upper deck, mostly used as a galley, but in some merchantmen a berthi...