- A carved bust on the prow of an old sailing ship - Carving on ship’s bow - Front man - Merely nominal leader - Ship’s bow sculpture - The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship. - A person who allows his name to be used to give
standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or
duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.
- Bow of a ship - Bow of ship - Forepart of a ship - Front of boat - Part of a ship - Ship’s front part - The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the
vessel itself.
- Part of a ship's bow - Part of a ship’s bow - A hawse hole. - The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two
anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. - The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as,
the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our
hawse, or athwart hawse. - That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for
the cables.
- Steer into wind - The side of a ship toward the wind. - The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. - The roundest part of a ship's bow. - The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the
jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. - To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail
nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail
nearer the wind.