Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bowsprit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowsprit \Bow"sprit`\, n. [Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet;
boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspr["o]t,
G. bugspriet.] (Naut.)
A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship
or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bowsprit
n : a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
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