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foredeck

foredeck

2 7.9
Front part of a ship's deck where crew stand and work
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔːrˌdɛk/
  • Specialized
: cubierta de proa
  • For a while, Gillian sunned herself on the foredeck, halter off.
  • foredeck access
  • foredeck hatch
  • foredeck of a ship

Examples

  • Larkin stood on the foredeck as Kittiwake merged with the mist, and a shadow fell across the deck.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Fire on the foredeck... prepare to come around.

  • Now... on the foredeck, here...

  • Maybe you should inform the Captain the foredeck's shipping water.

  • All right, we got 12 men topside, three on the bridge. . . four on the foredeck, five aft.

  • The forward windows show the expanse of the ocean before them and the rusting foredeck about 150 feet below.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Reith, after a word or two with Zarfo and Anacho, went to the foredeck.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "They're all busy," he shouted, waving toward the cluster of men on the foredeck.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Through the windshield, we see Leila, a muscular Filipina clambering over the foredeck.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The slightly sloping foredeck gave us a good view of the water ahead.

Antonyms

afterdeck
  • Specialized
1 8.3

The rear part of a ship's deck behind the middle

Surface Forms

foredeck singular
foredecks plural

Morphology

foredeck = fore + deck (transparent) = fore + deck

The meaning is directly derivable as the part of a ship's deck at the front (fore + deck).

Etymology

Foredeck is a simple compound: fore means 'front', the same 'fore' you see in forehead, and deck is the ship's floor. So foredeck literally names the 'front' part of a ship's deck.