Found 1 hit - Term: on the bow, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bow \bow\ b=o, n. icel. b=ogr shoulder, bow of a ship.
see bough.
1913 webster
1. naut. the bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the
stream or prow.
1913 webster
2. naut. one who rows in the forward part of a boat; the
bow oar.
1913 webster
bow chaser naut., a gun in the bow for firing while
chasing another vessel. --totten.
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bow piece, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a
ship.
on the bow naut., on that part of the horizon within
45deg on either side of the line ahead. --totten.
1913 webster
see also:
bough bow chaser bow piece on the bow
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