bowsprit

bowsprit

English

Bowsprit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

Noun

bowsprit (plural bowsprits)

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

Alternative forms

• boltsprit

Translations

spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel

Catalan: bauprès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 船首斜桅 (chuánshǒu xiéwéi), 艏斜桅 (shǒuxiéwéi) Czech: čelen (cs) m Dutch: boegspriet (nl) f Esperanto: busprito Estonian: pukspriit Finnish: kokkapuu (fi), keulapuomi, puksprööti (fi) French: arbre de beaupré m German: Bugspriet (de) m or n

Italian: bompresso (it) m Japanese: バウスプリット (bausupuritto) Polish: bukszpryt (pl) m Portuguese: gurupés m Romanian: bompres (ro) n Russian: бушпри́т (ru) m (bušprít) Spanish: bauprés (es) m Swahili: dasturi Swedish: bogspröt (sv)