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FORECASTLE or FOCSLE
Crew's quarters on the forward part of the ship generally below the main deck on cargo ships and above the main deck in tankers. The word Forecastle or Foc'sle has survived from the 12th century, when the Norman ships had castles of wood placed fore and aft on the decks to fight from.
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