How do you pronounce fo'c'sle?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfəʊk.səl/.

fo'c'sle

/ˈfəʊk.səl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

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noun

Informal

"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."
"In the stewards’ fo’c’sle were all sorts and conditions of men; including a Victorian known as ‘Chook’."

Contraction of forecastle.

fo'c'sles (plural) fo'c's'le (alternative) fo'c'stle (alternative)

forecastle

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