Meaning of crow's nest | Babel Free
Definitions
A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.
Equivalents
Čeština
vraní hnízdo
Ελληνικά
παρατηρητήριο
Gaeilge
crannóg
Kurdî
marş
Latina
carchesium
Nederlands
kraaiennest
Português
cesto da gávea
Русский
Марс
Examples
“When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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