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bowsprit

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Noun
 : 
bow=sprit

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bowsprit has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

bowspritn. [Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspröt, G. bugspriet.].
     A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bowsprit, n. Naut. a spar running out from a ship's bow to which the forestays are fastened.

Etymology
ME f. Gmc (as BOW(3), SPRIT)
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