forecastle-jokes

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Practical tricks played upon greenhorns.

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  • Forecastle

    ·noun A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. II. F...

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  • forecastle

    Once a short deck placed in the fore-part of a ship above the upper deck; it was usually terminated,...

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  • forecastle-deck

    The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...

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  • forecastle-men

    Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen. ...

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    See hammock-nettings. ...

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  • forecastle-rail

    The rail extended on stanchions across the after-part of the forecastle-deck in some ships. ...

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  • topgallant-forecastle

    A short deck forward above the upper deck, mostly used as a galley, but in some merchantmen a berthi...

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