bowsprit

English

Bowsprit

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Etymology

First attested in late XIII century. Probably from M.L.G. bochspret: boch - "the bow of a ship" + spret - "pole".

Noun

bowsprit (plural bowsprits)

1. (nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

Translations

a spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface

• Catalan: bauprès (ca) m
• Czech: čelen (cs) m
• Dutch: boegspriet (nl) f
• Esperanto: busprito
• Estonian: Pukspriit
• Finnish: kokkapuu (fi), keulapuomi (fi), puksprööti (fi)
• French: arbre de beaupré
• German: Bugspriet

• Italian: bompresso (it) m
• Polish: bukszpryt (pl) m
• Romanian: bompres (ro) n
• Russian: бушприт (ru) (bušprít) m
• Spanish: bauprés (es) m
• Swedish: bogspröt