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crow's-nest

or crow's nest

[ krohz-nest ]

noun

  1. Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
  2. any similar platform raised high above the ground, as a lookout or a station for a traffic officer.


crow's-nest

noun

  1. a lookout platform high up on a ship's mast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of crow's-nest1

First recorded in 1595–1605
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Worsley manned the crow’s-nest with binoculars, a megaphone, and a flag, searching the ice pack for seals and then shouting and pointing out the seals to the hunters.

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Feeling like a rat in a trap, Worsley looked for leads from the crow’s-nest and signaled the course to the man on the bridge.

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The Greek letters Delta and Gamma are displayed on the tower, which seems otherwise useless, as there is neither room nor light for a crow’s-nest study or a bed chamber.

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With the exception of her guns, most of the original fixtures and fittings remain intact, from the huge boilers in the belly of the ship to the crow's-nest towering above her bridge.

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Mr. Bach’s 1985 book about film, “Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of ‘Heaven’s Gate’ †— a crow’s-nest view of the cultural and personal tensions on the set — became a best seller and a Hollywood-insider classic.

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