fo'c'sle
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- noun
- /ˈfoʊkˌsəl/
- Archaic
:
camarote de proa
- At three in the morning, Bob flicked on the radar and stared for a long time at the empty scope while Paul slept in the fo'c'sle.
Examples
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Peter was the first man through the fo'c'sle door.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the meantime, this house keeps looking like the fo'c'sle on a cattle boat.
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Deep-laden with her cargo of heavy timbers, she plunged and wallowed, sending explosions of spray over the fo'c'sle head.
Fiction book (2001) -
As the storm raged outside, the crew gathered in the fo'c'sle to share stories and stay warm.
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The sailors returned to their fo'c'sle after a long day at sea, eager to rest.
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In the fo'c'sle, they had bunk beds and a small table for meals away from the elements.
Synonyms
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Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place
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The front part of a ship where the crew live and sleep
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Surface Forms
Morphology
fo'c'sle = forecastle (opaque) = fore + castle
The relationship between 'fo'c'sle' and the full form 'forecastle' is a clear contraction/clipping with the same nautical meaning.
Etymology
Fo'c'sle is a short form of forecastle, made from fore- meaning 'front' and castle meaning 'fort'. It was like a small fort at the ship's front where sailors lived, so today fo'c'sle means the crew's living space at the forward part of a ship.