Definition of Forepeaks

1. Noun. (plural of forepeak) ¹

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Definition of Forepeaks

1. forepeak [n] - See also: forepeak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forepeaks

foreordaining
foreordains
foreordinate
foreordinated
foreordinates
foreordinating
foreordination
foreordinations
forepart
foreparts
forepast
forepaw
forepaws
forepeak
forepeaks (current term)
forepeople
foreperson
forepersons
foreplan
foreplane
foreplanes
foreplans
foreplays
forepossessed
foreprize
foreprized
foreprizes

Literary usage of Forepeaks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Government by Frederick Jennings Haskin (1911)
"At other times they come hidden in coal- bunkers, chain-lockers, forepeaks, and other secluded parts of ocean-going vessels. It is stated that many of the ..."

2. Field, Fort and Fleet: Being a Series of Brilliant and Authentic Sketches of by M. Quad (1885)
"Cabins, forepeaks, and holds were filled with wood and coal, and the hulks on the stocks were smeared with turpentine and oil and piled around with cordwood ..."

3. Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the by United States Public Health Service (1913)
"The sounding and bilge-pipe casings are removed in part so that the fumes may penetrate these parts. In the forepeaks and ..."

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