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Definition of Forepeaks
1. forepeak [n] - See also: forepeak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forepeaks
Literary usage of Forepeaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Government by Frederick Jennings Haskin (1911)
"At other times they come hidden in coal- bunkers, chain-lockers, forepeaks, and
other secluded parts of ocean-going vessels. It is stated that many of the ..."
2. Field, Fort and Fleet: Being a Series of Brilliant and Authentic Sketches of by M. Quad (1885)
"Cabins, forepeaks, and holds were filled with wood and coal, and the hulks on
the stocks were smeared with turpentine and oil and piled around with cordwood ..."
3. Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the by United States Public Health Service (1913)
"The sounding and bilge-pipe casings are removed in part so that the fumes may
penetrate these parts. In the forepeaks and ..."
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