forecastle
Sailors' forward quarters
The forecastle is the forward part of a ship's upper deck, or the crew's living quarters located in the bow.
Pronounced "FOKE-sul" and often spelled fo'c'sle, it traditionally housed common sailors as distinct from officers.
The crew gathered on the forecastle to watch the approaching harbor.
Sleeping space on transport
- hammockHanging fabric bed
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- cuddySmall shipboard compartment
cramped · stowage · seabag · locker · lantern · porthole · ventilation · hatch
Respectful forward inclination
- prowVessel's forward section
- bowspritForward-projecting ship pole
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
- hullOuter covering or frame
foremast · hawsepipe · stem · anchor · chains · windlass · bulkhead · deck
Ropes controlling ship sails
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- starboardVessel's right-hand side
- portsideVessel's left flank
larboard · mainmast · mizzen · jib · sails · tack · leeward · windward
berth
Sleeping space on transport
cuddy · cramped · stowage · seabag · locker · lantern · porthole · ventilation · hatch · companionway
bow
Respectful forward inclination
- prowVessel's forward section
- bowspritForward-projecting ship pole
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
hull · foremast · hawsepipe · stem · anchor · chains · windlass · bulkhead · deck · gunwale
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
portside · larboard · mainmast · mizzen · jib · sails · tack · leeward · windward · keelhaul
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
galleon · barque · brig · sloop · cutter · man-of-war · merchantman · whaler · privateer · carrack
deckhand
Ship's manual laborer
messmate · bunkmate · cook · steward · helmsman · lookout · bosun · jack-tar · sea-dog · mariner
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- ship areasberth, bridge, bilge, bow, captain's quarters
- ship decksmain deck, upper deck, lower deck, afterdeck, poop deck
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
- steamship partsboiler, funnel, paddle wheel, paddlewheel, propeller