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Meanings of fo'c'sle in English

Catalan
castell de proa
Spanish
castillo de proa
Wikidata

Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.

castell de proa
Usage of fo'c'sle in English
1
There was the devil's own row in the fo'c'sle the other evening.
Jaffery
2
Short in stature and huge in frame, the mass of him, even in that half-darkness of the fo'c'sle, showed somehow majestic and powerful.
Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
3
Self had crewmen returned to fo'c'sle or lashed to pump, as before.
English passengers
4
Stephanie sprawled on the polished fo'c'sle roof and stared at the black sky and bright stars.
Love overboard
5
Before leaving the vessel, however, he noticed signs that there had recently been a fire in the fo'c'sle.
New york: the novel
6
Three bells struck in the wheelhouse, repeated a few seconds later by the lookout on the fo'c'sle head.
And the deep blue sea
7
I swung the marlinespike against the base of the lamp chimney, and the fo'c'sle was plunged into total blackness.
Man on the run
8
'Why not?' It would be interesting to live in the fo'c'sle with working seamen again.
And the deep blue sea
9
It was a small and dirty fo'c'sle with bunks on each side and some steel lockers against the forward bulkhead.
Man on the run
10
The pirate figurines she found at the craft store were anchored by icing to the fo'c'sle, standing one behind the other.
Solomon's oak: a novel
11
Ordered all into fo'c'sle (saying this = necessary ''in case any man has been won over to Captain Kewley's lies'').
English passengers
12
Finally I had the last bolt free, the fo'c'sle door was being pulled back open from inside and familiar bodies were staring out.
English passengers
13
I touched the railing of the upper bunk on my left with my fingertips to be sure I was in the center of the fo'c'sle.
Man on the run
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