foreship

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Etymology[edit]

fore- +‎ ship

Noun[edit]

foreship (plural foreships)

  1. (archaic) The fore part of a ship.
    Synonym: forecastle
    • 1881, Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer, The Will-O'-The-Wisp and its Folk-Lore:
      He adds that, if the first light appears on the foreship and ascends upward, it is a sign of good luck; if either light begins at the topmast and descends toward the sea, it is a sign of a tempest.
    • 2016, Anders Winroth, The Age of the Vikings:
      The foreship was now left standing in open air while the aft half was covered by half a grave mound. The grave chamber could be seen as a gaping hole in the side of the half-mound.

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