boat-head

With a swift jerk he sculled the flickering boat-head on to a foamless sea that lifted her twenty full feet, only to slide her into a glassy pit beyond.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

Then our boat-head swung round, pulled by sturdy and willing hands.

The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869

There was a long silence again, broken only by the occasional dip of oars, keeping the invisible boat-head to the sea.

On the Frontier Bret Harte 1869