forecastlemanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

forecastleman (複数形 forecastlemen)

1. A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, [1]

     […] of all the sections of a ship's company, the forecastlemen, veterans for the most part and bigoted in their sea-prejudices, are the most jealous in resenting territorial encroachments […]

   • 2003, Oddr Snorrason, The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, translated by Theodore M. Andersson, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, p. 122 [2]

     Then in anger the forecastleman addressed the king: "Give heed to your rank, lord, so that you do not turn tail in defending the poopdeck more than I do in defending the prow."

Further reading

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