The chain, cable or bow stopper is fitted on the forecastle deck in line with the run of the anchor cable. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
But I will say, contrary to my expectations, the Elsinore's forecastle is well found. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
In the forecastle were the usual complement of emigrants. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Rubein, and other stories] Reference
Before I shipped that young fellow, my forecastle was a rat-pit of quarrels. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Budd] Reference
Above the forecastle was a narrow gallery, with a flight of steps leading to it. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Seaworth] Reference
In the forecastle was a bricked oven for warmth in winter and for cooking kettles of soup. From Wordnik.com. [Blackbeard: Buccaneer] Reference
The sick man whom they had left in the forecastle was a new hand who had shipped at Kingston. From Wordnik.com. [Keziah Coffin] Reference
There is no doubt the forecastle is a bad place for them, but in any case some must have gone there. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
"The forecastle is our station, lads," he shouted, and his stentorian voice was heard above the din of battle. From Wordnik.com. [Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days] Reference
The forecastle was a ruin; the bulwark and defences of all kinds were shattered to pieces; and the masts and spars were stuck full of arrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10] Reference
Inside the forecastle was the galley (or ship's kitchen) and quarters for such people as the boatswain, the carpenter, the cook and the master-archer. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]
Between these and the forecastle was the. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
Lugubrious indeed was the aspect of the forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Then he came forward again, and shouted down the forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
In the forecastle they had fallen into the hands of Samaritans. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Sentries were placed at the cabin door, forecastle and hatchway. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Strangely must such reminiscences have sounded in a whaler's forecastle, with Dunks the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
I was not long in jumping into my boots I can tell yon, and all in the forecastle ran upstairs pell-mell. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Sometimes he played the part of dandy waiter in the cabin; sometimes he swung a hammock with the hands in the forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
One day, a wag on the forecastle, as we heard through the marine sentry, took a good rise out of this slow-going individual. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
English language on the American continent; and as my Anglo-Saxon education had been finished in a forecastle, it was not to be expected. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the mainsail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
There were more than sixty souls aboard and they crouched in the cabin and in the forecastle and knew not what to make of such a foray of the elements. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
My eyes were fixed on the forecastle; and, as head after head loomed out of the darkness above the hatch, I discharged carabine after carabine at the mark. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
If the slave, however, is truly ill, he is forthwith ticketed for the sick list by a bead or button around his neck, and dispatched to an infirmary in the forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
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