Usually means: Horizontal pole extending from bow.
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  1. boltsprit: Wordnik
  2. boltsprit: Wiktionary
  3. Boltsprit: Dictionary.com
  4. Boltsprit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. boltsprit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Boltsprit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. boltsprit: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Boltsprit: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Boltsprit: Encyclopedia

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  1. boltsprit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (Boltsprit)

noun:  (nautical) Alternative form of bowsprit [(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.]

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