forecastleman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
Example Sentences
- "[…] of all the sections of a ship's company, the forecastlemen, veterans for the most part and bigoted in their sea-prejudices, are the most jealous in resenting territorial encroachments […]"
- "Then in anger the forecastleman addressed the king: "Give heed to your rank, lord, so that you do not turn tail in defending the poopdeck more than I do in defending the prow.""
Etymology
From forecastle + -man.