English-Thai Dictionary
bowsprit
N เสากระโดง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BOWSPRIT
n.[bow and sprit. ] A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. [This is probably the true orthography. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BOWSPRIT
Bow "sprit `, n. Etym: [Bow + sprit; akin to D.boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspröt, G. bugspriet. ] (Naut. )
Defn: A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bowsprit
bow sprit |ˈbouˌsprit, ˈbō -ˈbaʊˌsprɪt | ▶noun a spar extending forward from a ship's bow, to which the forestays are fastened. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German bōgsprēt, Middle Dutch boechspriet, from boech ‘bow ’ + spriet ‘sprit. ’
Oxford Dictionary
bowsprit
bowsprit |ˈbəʊsprɪt | ▶noun a spar running out from a ship's bow, to which the forestays are fastened. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German bōgsprēt, Middle Dutch boechspriet, from boech ‘bow ’ + spriet ‘sprit ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
bowsprit
bow sprit /báʊsprɪ̀t |bóʊ -/名詞 C 〘海 〙船首斜檣 （しよう ） 〘帆船の船首にある帆のロープ固定用円材 〙.
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