prow
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōira).
[edit] Noun
prow (plural prows)
- (nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
[edit] Translations
fore part of a vessel; bow
[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French prou, from Late Latin prode; more at proud.
[edit] Adjective
prow (comparative prower, superlative prowest)
- (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant. [1]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto II.iii
- For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto II.iii
