An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bugspriet

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bugspriet
Friedrich Kluge2568716An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bugspriet1891John Francis Davis

Bugspriet, n., from the equiv. Du. boegspriet; comp. the equiv. MidE. bôusprét, E. bowsprit (Fr. beaupré).