bowsprit

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

bompresso

albero di bompresso

sinonimi

head

prow

Traduzioni

beaupré

Bugspriet

boegspriet

arbre de beaupré

bauprés

bauprès

liaison de type beaupré

mât de beaupré

πρόβολος

gurupés

πρόβολος πλοίου

cıvadra

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine inglese antico: spreot

Affine inglese: 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).