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crow's nest

structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship, used as a lookout point
Place ship_element Q529688
crow's nest

Facts

4 properties

Identity

Instance of
ship element, nautical term[2]
More facts +3
Part of
rigging[3]
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Different from
top[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en crow's nest cs vraní hnízdo cs čapí hnízdo da Udkigstønde de Krähennest de Mastkorb es carajo fi Märssykori fr nid-de-pie fr Nid-de-pie he קן העורב id Menara palas it coffa it Nid-de-pie ja クローズネスト ja クロウズ・ネスト ja 檣楼 nl kraaiennest pl bocianie gniazdo pt gavea
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/05jsnt
IMDb keyword
crow's-nest
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3878798
Quora topic ID
Crows-Nest
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
tgm002778
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03144649-n

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Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Different from 1
top
Located in this place 1
lookout
Named after 1
Cagados Carajos
Part of 1
rigging
← Different from 1
top
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Summary

crow's nest is a ship element[1].

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Cultural Significance

Things named for crow's nest include Cagados Carajos[11], an atoll[12], in Mauritius[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Cagados Carajos[11], an atoll[12], in Mauritius[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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