Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ornament resembling the head and beak of a bird, or, often, a grotesque human head terminating in a beak, used as an enrichment of moldings in Romanesque architecture.
- noun That part of a ship before the forecastle which is fastened to the stem and supported by the main knee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
- noun A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
- noun (Antiq.) Same as
Beak , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
- noun archaeology An ornament used in rich
Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
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Examples
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Her beakhead was a riot of gilded wood supporting a figurehead that showed an ecstatic-faced lady graced with a halo, carrying a sword and dressed in silver-painted armor, though her breastplate was curiously truncated to reveal a pinkly naked bosom.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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So, I'm sure everyone's dying to know the result of my challenge to define some nautical terms. beakhead colloquially known as "the heads".
Archive 2006-06-01 lili 2006
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Also, it is bleeding obvious that your mystery words are defined as follows: beakhead - a particulary nosy or overly inquisitive crew member.
Learning about boats lili 2006
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This time next week, I will tell all of my faithful readers what the following are: beakhead knightheads scantlings (sounds like a nice title for a novel ...) tumblehome (so does that) bulwark
Archive 2006-06-01 lili 2006
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So, I'm sure everyone's dying to know the result of my challenge to define some nautical terms. beakhead colloquially known as "the heads".
Over boats lili 2006
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This time next week, I will tell all of my faithful readers what the following are: beakhead knightheads scantlings (sounds like a nice title for a novel ...) tumblehome (so does that) bulwark
Learning about boats lili 2006
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Chase gestured at the very first ship and his men, with a practiced ease, scrambled into the netting rigged under the beakhead.
Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001
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Another struck the ship's beakhead, whistling a shred of wood high into the air, then a tearing, ripping, rustling sound made Sharpe look up to see that the Pucelle's main topgallant mast, the slenderest and highest portion of the mainmast, was falling to bring down a tangle of rigging and the main topgallant sail with it.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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Ophelia, like many figureheads of her day, had been arrayed upon the beakhead of the ship, rather than positioned below the bowsprit.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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In any case, Lucy's claims that she'd escaped detection for three years in cramped quarters occupied by 450 men, where the toilets were a couple of open-air perches at the ship's beakhead, and where the regulations of the day required all Marines to strip, bathe, and dress in the presence of a commanding officer responsible for checking frequently on their physical condition, were patently ridiculous.
Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994
chained_bear commented on the word beakhead
"... standing in the frigate's beakhead, a roughly triangular place in front of and below the forecastle..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 3
See also beak-head.
March 11, 2008