Crossword-Solution: BOWSPRIT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bowsprit | n. | A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “BOWSPRIT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Spar above a ship's figurehead | 1 answer |
| Type of spar | 2 answers |
| Nautical spar | 5 answers |
| prow | 15 answers |
| Spar | 17 answers |
| BOOM | 42 answers |
| Front | 78 answers |
| Head | 101 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with BOWSPRIT (5)
With your leave, I mean to post myself under the bowsprit, and if we get within harpooning distance, I shall throw my harpoon.” “Go, Ned,” said the captain.
See 1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the foreÏtopmast stays through; Ð called also bee blocks.
Taylor, the commander, found it necessary to take in the bowsprit, and strike the fore and main topmasts, that she might ride more easily.
Soon there came a heavy sea, that caught the bow of the brigantine as she lay jammed in betwixt the waves; she bowed her head low under the waters, and shuddered through all her timbers, then gallantly stood up again over the striving sea, with bowsprit entire.
Her bowsprit was turned towards England, and the hiss of escaping steam showed that all was ready for her run of three thousand miles.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1999–2022).