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| bow·sprit [ bów sprìt, bṓ sprìt ] (plural bow·sprits) |
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spar projecting from front of ship: a beam that projects forward from the bow of a boat, to which the stays of the foremast are fastened
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| [14th century. < Low German bōgsprēt or Middle Dutch boechspriet "pole at a ship's bow"] |
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