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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship..
Holonyms: beak < bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
“For seven days, thou old cozzener,” said the mate, “thou shalt keep clean the beakhead and the chains, and lucky art thou to be at sea. Ashore they would have whipped thee through the streets at the cart’s tail.”
Use beakhead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beakhead means (nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship..
Common synonyms include beak.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Holonyms: beak < bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
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