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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROW'S-NEST

CROW'S-NEST Crow's-nest ` (krz "nst `), n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crow's-nest

crow's-nest ▶noun a shelter or platform fixed near the top of the mast of a vessel as a place for a lookout to stand.

 

Oxford Dictionary

crow's-nest

crow's-nest ▶noun a shelter or platform fixed at the masthead of a vessel as a place for a lookout to stand.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crow's-nest

cr ó w's-n è st 名詞 C 1 船のマストの上部にある見張り台 .2 (巡査などが乗る )交通監視台 .