How to pronounce bowsprit
American English pronunciation
BOW-sprit
- IPA
- /ˈbaʊˌspɹɪt/
- Syllables
- BOW · sprit (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bowsprit means
A long pole sticking out from the front of a sailing ship
In a sentence: A seagull perched on the tip of the ship's bowsprit.
Where it comes from: It was first written down in the late 1200s. It probably came from old Low German or Dutch words for "bow" and "pole."
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