Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bowsprit

Bowsprit ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Bow + sprit; akin to Dutch boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, English sprit, also Swedish bogsprot, German bugspriet.]

(Nautical) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.