"An ornamental figure, as a statue or bust, on the projecting part of the head of a ship, over the cutwater…
"A sloop-yacht with a jib, the jib-stay being fastened to a bowsprit." -Whitney, 1911
"Diagram of Ship's Bow. B, bowsprit; F, forecastle; F', forecastle-deck; L, lower deck; M, main deck…