See Also: Desmond(encyclopedia)
Tutu, Desmond(dictionary)
Tutu, Sir Desmond (Mpilo)(encyclopedia)

forecastle (iou) and Desmond (sh)


forecastle (iou)



forecastle noun. Also fo'c's'le. LME.
[from FORE- + CASTLE noun1.]
Nautical.
Hist. A short raised deck at the front of a ship, orig. raised like a castle to command the enemy's decks. LME.
Hist. The forward part of the upper deck of a ship. L15.
The forward part of a ship, below the deck, where the sailors live. M19.

Desmond (sh)




Ancient territorial division, Ireland.

From the 11th to the 17th century, the name was often used for two quite distinct areas. Gaelic Desmond extended over part of modern Counties Kerry and Cork; Anglo-Norman Desmond extended over northern Kerry, most of the modern county of Limerick, southwestern Tipperary, eastern and southern County Cork, and eastern Waterford.