forecastle

English

focastle, fo'castle, fo'c'stle, fo'c's'le (single, double and triple contraction)

From Middle English forecastel, forcastel, (whence also Anglo-French forechasteil), equivalent to fore- +‎ castle. Compare Dutch voorkasteel.

forecastle (plural forecastles)

nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow

Bulgarian: бак m (bak)
Catalan: castell (ca) de proa m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前甲板 (zh) (qiánjiǎbǎn)
Danish: bak c, folkelukaf c
Dutch: voorkasteel n
Finnish: etukastelli (fi), pakka (fi)
French: gaillard (fr) d'avant m
Galician: castelo (gl) m
German: Vorschiff (de) n, Bugkastell n
Hebrew: בֵּית קַדְמָה (he) m (beit kadmah), צוּר חַרְטוֹם (he) m (tsur khartom)
Ido: kastelo avana (io), avana kastelo (io)
Irish: deic thosaigh f
Japanese: 船首楼 (せんしゅろう, senshurō)
Manx: cashtal toshee m
Middle English: forstage
Norman: châté m, gaillard d'avant m
Norwegian: ruff m
Bokmål: bakk (no) m, bakkdekk n
Polish: forkasztel m
Portuguese: castelo de proa m
Russian: бак (ru) m (bak), полуба́к (ru) m (polubák), носово́й ку́брик m (nosovój kúbrik)
Spanish: castillo de proa m
Swedish: backdäck n, back (sv) c
Welsh: fforcas m

crew's quarters

Finnish: skanssi (fi)
Hebrew: מְגוּרֵי חַרְטוֹם (he) m pl (megurey khartom), צוּר הַחַרְטוֹם (he) m (tsur hakhartom), בֵּית הַקָדְמָה (he) m (beit hakadmah)
Irish: caiseal tosaigh m
Swedish: skans (sv) c

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