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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Bows/hanging

Hello everyone,

Could you tell me the meaning of the words "bows" and "hanging" in the following sentence?

- But soon the anchor was up and hanging at the bows.

Regards

JA

  

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"hanging at the bows" means suspended (by a chain or rope) from the front end of a ship. This "bow" is pronounced to rhyme with "how".

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  • "hanging at the bows" means suspended (by a chain or rope) from the front end of a ship.
  • This "bow" is pronounced to rhyme with "how".
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"hanging at the bows" means suspended (by a chain or rope) from the front end of a ship.

This "bow" is pronounced to rhyme with "how".

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Joseph A- But soon the anchor was up and hanging at the bow.

The bow is the front of the ship. Anchors are at the bow and stern. They are pulled up and down on ropes and chains.



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