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Webster 1913 Edition
Prow
Prow
,Noun.
[F.
proue
(cf. Sp. & Pg. proa
, It. prua
), L. prora
, Gr. [GREEK], akin to [GREEK] before. See Pro-
, and cf. Prore
.] The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
Wordsworth.
The floating vessel swum
Uplifted, and secure with beaked
rode tilting o’er the waves.
Uplifted, and secure with beaked
prow
rode tilting o’er the waves.
Milton.
Prow
,Noun.
Benefit; profit; good; advantage.
[Obs.]
That shall be for your hele and for your
prow
. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prow
PROW
,Noun.
1.
The forepart of a ship.2.
In seamen's language, the beak or pointed cutwater of a xebec or galley. The upper part is usually furnished with a grating platform.3.
The name of a particular kind of vessel used in the East Indian seas.PROW
,Adj.
Definition 2024
prow
prow
English
Noun
prow (plural prows)
- (nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
- Milton
- The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.
- Milton
Synonyms
Translations
fore part of a vessel; bow
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Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French prou, from Late Latin prode; more at proud.
Adjective
prow (comparative prower, superlative prowest)
- (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant. [1]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto II.iii
- For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto II.iii
Related terms
Translations
References
- ↑ Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary – prow
Etymology 3
Noun
prow (plural prows)
- Alternative form of proa