bowgrace

English

Etymology

bow +‎ grace

Noun

bowgrace (plural bowgraces)

1. (nautical) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from damage.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bowgrace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)