fo'c's'le

Big John there's a sailorman, an 'the fo'c's'le' ll do him.

CHAPTER XVI 2010

It'll be dead of winter off the Horn, and a fo'c's'le full of lunatics and cripples to do the work.

CHAPTER XV 2010

A man naked to the waste was coiling down a line on the fo'c's'le head.

John Lundberg: Trouble At The Poetry/Prose Border 2008

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Shimmer » The Pirate Issue maryrobinette 2006

Van Gelder was away at once and was very quickly alongside the fo'c's'le of the Delos.

Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

In the meantime, let us address ourselves to the problem of those poor souls on the fo'c's'le.

Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

Where it had exploded was impossible to tell from the bridge, for there was no visible uplifting or buckling of the fo'c's'le deck, but that it had done its damage was beyond doubt: the furious rattling of chain as one of the fore anchors plunged down to the floor of the Norwegian Sea could be heard a mile away.

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

Yet another shell buried itself in the bows and this time, there was no doubt where it had landed for a small area of the fo'c's'le deck, port side, lifted upwards almost a foot.

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

A third shell struck and exploded in the bows in almost the same position as the previous one - the already uplifted section of the fo'c's'le had heaved up almost another foot.

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

The darkness was still pretty complete, McKinnon couldn't even see as far as the fo'c's'le with the deck lights extinguished.

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984