forecastle

forecastle has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.
• n.. That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.
• n.. In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
• n.. living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed