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beakhead en · NOUN

Etymology

From beak + head.

Meanings

1. A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
   • Holonyms: beak < bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
   • “For seven days, thou old cozzener,” said the mate, “thou shalt keep clean the beakhead and the chains, and lucky art thou to be at sea. Ashore they would have whipped thee through the streets at the cart’s tail.” 1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8:
2. An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.

Forms

Synonyms

beak

Translations (13)

et galioon (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · fi kaljuuna (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · it polena (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · de galion (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · fr éperon (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · it rostro (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · sv galjon (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · es espolón (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · pt beque (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · fr poulaine (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · fr guibre (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · es alas de proa (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) · it sperone (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship)