forecastle

/fohk-suhl, fawr-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, fohr-/US // ˈfoʊk səl, ˈfɔrˌkæs əl, -ˌkɑ səl, ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfəʊksəl) //

预告栏,预告台,预告牌,预报

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Nautical.
- : a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- : any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.
- : the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel, especially that part forward of the foremast.

No vestige was left of her stern or forecastle, both of which were before so very conspicuous.
He reached the forward deck, and was already climbing the forecastle ladder, when he heard someone speaking near him.
The whole ship's company consisted of an immense multitude, there being in the forecastle alone 600 seamen.
But when one comes to look for real forecastle songs, written by a sailor, and smelling of pitch and tar, one finds very few.
One struck our taffrail, and another killed a man on the forecastle; but our rigging escaped.