† bilyngen.
Obsolete. rare.
? The beak or prow of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]
foreshipc1000
stam1336
bilynge?a1400
forestam?a1400
boat-head1485
head1485
prore1489
forecastle1490
steven1512
forepart1526
nose1538
prow1555
stem1555
forebow1569
beak-head1579
galion1604
bow1626
fore-beaka1656
forebudding1811
prora1847
snout1853
forward1892
sharp end1948
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3664 The bilynge and the beme brestys in sondyre.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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