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ˈcrow's nest, crow's-nest
†1. Mil. ? A fort placed on a height. Obs.
1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 163, 2 Frenchmen..fled vnto the enemies to the crowes neast.
2. Naut. A barrel or cylindrical box fixed to the mast-head of an arctic, whaling or other ship, as a shelter for the look-out man.
1818Blackw. Mag. IV. 343 The Crows-Nest is..generally a cask, fixed near the mast-head, to protect the observer from cold, and enable him to look out for whales, or open pieces of water. 1823Scoresby Jrnl. 470 Crow's Nest..This..was the invention of Captain Scoresby senior, and is now universally used by the northern whalers. 1856Kane Arctic Explor. I. iv. 38, I was able, from the crow's-nest, to pick our way to a larger pool.
3. N.Z. (See quot. 1930.)
1930L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs i. 5 To save trouble and disturbing the sheep more than was necessary, ‘Crow's nests’ were built on some plains stations—platforms on poles or in cabbage trees from which the shepherds could see where the sheep were. 1949in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury v. 39. |