The fore part of a ship or vessel; the prow.

The stem or prow of a ship. Also attributive in stampneloker (? locker, n.1)

? The beak or prow of a ship.

The prow of a ship.

the front part of a boat; the bow.

More generally: the front or front part of a ship, boat, or other vessel; the bows.

The prow of a ship or boat. poetic in later use.

The fore part of a ship (see quots. 1704 1867). to ride forecastle in, i.e. with bows under.

= stem, n.2 1.

esp. The bow or prow of a vessel. ? Obsolete.

The prow of a ship or boat. In later use (also): the front end of an aircraft, motor vehicle, rocket, etc.

The pointed front part of a boat or ship, immediately about the stem; the bow. Cf. bow, n.3 1, foreship, n. Now chiefly literary and in…

The prow, bows, or the whole forepart of a vessel.

The beak or prow of a ship.

Naval Architecture The beak (beak, n.1) or prow of an ancient war-galley.

? The fore part of a ship.

‘The fore-end of a ship or boat; being the rounding part of a vessel forward, beginning on both sides where the planks arch inwards, and…

the prow of a vessel.

? = fore-body, n. 2.

The prow of a ship; = prore, n. Obsolete.

The end of a ship's prow; the beak or rostrum of a vessel.

Nautical. (See quot. 1892.)

the bows of a ship; also transferred, the front line, the centre of activity; esp. in at the sharp end.