bowsprit

Signification (Anglais)

A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

Concepts

beaupré

arbre de beaupré

liaison de type beaupré

mât de beaupré

Synonymes

head

prow

Traductions

Bugspriet

bompresso

boegspriet

bauprès

bauprés

albero di bompresso

πρόβολος

πρόβολος πλοίου

gurupés

cıvadra

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien anglais: spreot

Appartenant à anglais: sprout

In summary

First attested in late 13th century. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German bochspret, from boch (“bow of a ship”) + spret (“pole”) (related to Old English spreot and English sprout).