prow
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prow /praʊ/
▶noun the pointed front part of a ship; the bow.
– origin C16: from OFr. proue, from Provençal proa, prob. via L. from Gk prōira, from a base represented by L. pro ‘in front’.
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