Prow

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹaÊŠ/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠ

From Middle French proue, from Genoese Italian prua, proa, from Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα.

Full definition of prow

Noun

1. (nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
• MiltonThe floating vessel swum
  Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow
  rode tilting o'er the waves.
• 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot (novel) Chapter IVWe were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.

Synonyms

• prore

From Middle English, from Old French prou, from Late Latin prode; more at proud.

Adjective

1. (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary – prow http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prow%5B1%5D
• Spenser Faerie Queene|II.iiiFor they be two the prowest knights on ground,
  And oft approu’d in many hard assay

Related terms

• prowess

Noun

1. Alternative form of proa