<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical: a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.</li><li>any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.</li><li>the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel, especially that part forward of the foremast.</li></ul>