bowsprit

Meaning of bowsprit

noun

a spar running out from a ship's bow, to which the forestays are fastened.

Middle English: from Middle Low German bōgsprēt, Middle Dutch boechspriet, from boech ‘bow’ + spriet ‘sprit’.

Information about bowsprit

It is a name.
The plural form of bowsprit is: bowsprits.
Languages in which bowsprit is used:
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Hyphenation of bowsprit

bowsprit

It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
bowsprit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of bowsprit

French: beaupré
Spanish: bauprés
Italian: bompresso

Words that rhyme with bowsprit

dimaprit, culprit, belesprit, esprit, sprit

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