英语词汇forecastle fo’c-sle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	forecastle fo’c-sle
词源	forecastle (fo’c’sle). By the 14th century the forward part of many large ships had an area that was raised and protected like a castle, from which the captain could overlook the decks of an enemy ship. Today the forecastle is simply “that part of the up- per deck forward of the foremast or, in merchant ships, the for- ward part of the vessel under the deck, where the sailors live.” Forecastle is almost always spelled and pronounced fo’c’sle (fo’ksl).
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