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🌵 A remote place 😡 A vulgar word 🛳️ A lookout platform 🤬 An insult 🗯️ An expletive
carajo

carajo

9.9
A small platform high on a ship's mast for watching the sea
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • The lookout spent hours in the carajo scanning the horizon for signs of land.

Examples

  • From the carajo, he spotted another vessel approaching in the distance.

  • During the storm, the sailor held tightly to the carajo as the ship rocked violently.

  • The sailor climbed up to the carajo to get a better view.

  • From the carajo, he spotted land on the horizon.

  • The lookout spent hours in the carajo scanning the horizon for signs of land.

  • From the carajo, he spotted another vessel approaching in the distance.

  • During the storm, the sailor held tightly to the carajo as the ship rocked violently.

Synonyms

top
vscarajo
  • Specialized
97 9.3

A platform near the head of a ship's mast where sailors work

is a small high lookout on a mast rather than a surrounding lower platform
crow's nest
vscarajo
4 6.1

A small platform near the top of a ship's mast where a lookout stands

is the same lookout platform sometimes called by a different name
maintop
vscarajo
  • Archaic
9.9

A platform near the top of a ship's main mast where sailors look out and work

focuses more narrowly on watching for land or other vessels rather than work
foretop
vscarajo
  • Specialized
9.9

A small platform at the top of a ship's front mast used for looking out

is a small lookout platform not limited to any single mast location

Surface Forms

carajo singular
carajos plural

Etymology

Carajo originally named a small lookout platform high on a ship's mast, like a 'crow's nest'. Because it was high and out of the way, this image helps you remember the word as a place up on the mast where a lookout sat.