fo'c'sle

See also: fo'c's'le and foc's'le

English

Alternative forms

• fo'c's'le, fo'c'stle

Etymology

Contraction of forecastle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fōkʹsəl, IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊk.səl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

fo'c'sle (plural fo'c'sles)

1. (informal, nautical) forecastle.
   • 1924 October, Percival Christopher Wren, “The Gay Romantics”, in Beau Geste, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished London: John Murray, […], February 1928, →OCLC, part II (The Mystery of the “Blue Water”), § 5, pages 197–198:

     We loafed moodily about the well-deck, between the fo'c'sle and the high midship bridge structure […] "When shall we get something to eat?" I asked Boldini, as he emerged from the fo'c'sle hatch.

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