Back سلوقية (سفينة) Arabic Бак (марскі тэрмін) Byelorussian Бак Bulgarian Castell (nàutica) Catalan Bak Danish Vorschiff German Πρόστεγο Greek Prua ferdeko Esperanto Castillo de proa Spanish سینهگاه (کشتی) Persian
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The forecastle (/ˈfoʊksəl/ FOHK-səl; contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le)[1][2] is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.