At one moment the bowsprit was taking a deadly aim at the sun in midheaven, and at the next it was trying to harpoon a shark in the bottom of the ocean.
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Bowsprit
//ˈbəʊspɹɪt//
Synonyms for "bowsprit" (8 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бушприт noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Catalan
1 entries- bauprès noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 船首斜桅 noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
- 艏斜桅 noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Czech
1 entries- čelen noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Danish
1 entries- bovspryd noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Dutch
1 entries- boegspriet noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Esperanto
1 entries- busprito noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Estonian
1 entries- pukspriit noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Finnish
3 entries- keulapuomi noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
- kokkapuu noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
- puksprööti noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
French
1 entries- beaupré noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
German
1 entries- Bugspriet noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Italian
1 entries- bompresso noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Japanese
1 entries- バウスプリット noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Old English
2 entries- forþstefn noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
- forþstemn noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Polish
2 entries- bukszpryt noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
- dziobak noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Portuguese
1 entries- gurupés noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Romanian
1 entries- bompres noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Russian
1 entries- бушпри́т noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Spanish
1 entries- bauprés noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Swahili
1 entries- dasturi noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Swedish
1 entries- bogspröt noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Welsh
1 entries- bolsbryd noun (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
There lay the Ghost, bow on to the beach, her splintered bowsprit projecting over the sand, her tangled spars rubbing against her side to the lift of the crooning waves. Something must be done, must be done.
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