The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Fore Body

Shipbuilding

That part of the ship's body afore the midships or dead-flat. (See Bodies.) This term is more particularly used in expressing the figure or snape of that part of the ship.

Fore-body of a wooden vessel — cut-water, figure-head, apron, stem and gripe
Fore-body of a wooden vessel — cut-water, figure-head, apron, stem and gripe
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