bowsprits

Meaning of bowsprits

plural 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 bowsprits

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of bowsprits is: bowsprit.
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Hyphenation of bowsprits

bowsprits

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • bowsprits is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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