prore en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic) The front part of a ship.
As the tall ship, whose lofty prore / Shall never stem the billows more […]!
1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 6.XIII:These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..
1715, Homer, “Book II”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |