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fo'c'stle

US/ˈfoʊk.səl/

fo'c'stle is the alternative form of fo'c'sle.

Meaning of fo'c'sle

Noun

fo'c'sle (plural fo'c'sles)

  1. (informal) forecastle.
    • We loafed moodily about the well-deck, between the fo'c'sle and the high midship bridge structure […] "When shall we get something to eat?" I asked Boldini, as he emerged from the fo'c'sle hatch.1924 October, Percival Christopher Wren, “The Gay Romantics”, in Beau Geste, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished London: John Murray, […], February 1928, →OCLC, part II (The Mystery of the “Blue...

Forms of fo'c'stle

pluralfo'c'stles

Questions about fo'c'stle

What is fo'c'stle the alternative form of?
Fo'c'stle is the alternative form of fo'c'sle.
How do you pronounce fo'c'stle?
Fo'c'stle is pronounced /ˈfoʊk.səl/ (US).

Words near fo'c'stle in the dictionary

  1. fo'c's'le lamp
  2. fo'c's'le lamps
  3. fo'c's'les
  4. fo'c'sle
  5. fo'c'sles
  6. fo'c'stle
  7. fo'c'stles
  8. fo'castle
  9. fo'castles
  10. fo'ever
  11. Fo-chan

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