prore Now poet. and rare.
(prɔə(r))
Also 5 prowere, 6 proer.
[a. obs. F. prore (a 1527 in Godef.), ad. L. prōra prow n.1]
The prow of a ship or boat.
| 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. ii. ii. 93 The prowere whiche is the foremest partye of the shippe. 1490 ― Eneydos vi. 29 The prores or forship whiche lay towarde the countre of Thir, tourned anone towarde the Royame of Cypre. 1553 Brende Q. Curtius E e iij, The prores did stricke against the puppes. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. 101 They carryed certeine Ordinaunce in the proer of theyr Boates. 1718 Pope Iliad ii. 773 Twelve galleys with vermillion prores. 1810 Scott Lady of L. vi. xiii, The tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more. 1866 Conington tr. æneid vi. 5 Toward the sea they turn their prores. |
b. poetically. A ship.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. I ij b (The Vote) Now I hope in a successfull prore, The Fates have fix'd me on sweet Englands shore. 1813 Scott Rokeby vi. xviii, He..Must..lag with overloaded prore, While barks unburthened reach the shore. |