foredeck
English
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Noun
foredeck (plural foredecks)
- The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast.
- Antonym: afterdeck
- Hypernym: deck
- Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
- Comeronyms: forecastle, aftcastle, aftercastle
- 2007 August 14, John Tagliabue, “A Rising Tide of Gentrification Rocks Dutch Houseboats”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 June 2024:
- On a recent Saturday during the confusion of this watery city’s annual Gay Pride Parade along the majestic Princes Canal, a beach umbrella was knocked into the water from the foredeck of Jackie Wijnakker’s houseboat, so she dove into the water to fetch it, unsuccessfully.
Translations
the part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)teg- (cover)
- English terms prefixed with fore-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-
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