The platform or tub on the mast for the look-out.

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this has become a generic term for what is properly called m [..]

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly cal [..]

  The ship's lookout station was named for the cage which housed the ravens carried by Norsemen at their mastheads. When these sea-warriors lost sight of land, they would release one of the birds [..]

A platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast. Named for the cage which housed ravens, often carried by Norsemen at their masthead; for when a raven was released, its flight direction would ho [..]

a platform or tub, standing high on a mast and used by a lookout.

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly cal [..]

A structure in the upper part of the mainmast of a ship that is used as a lookout point

protected look-out position high on the foremast

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly called masthead. See masthead.

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

A small platform, sometimes enclosed, near the top of a mast, where a lookout could have a better view when watching for sails or for land.

small platform attached to the mast near its head, used by lookouts, archers, or slingers as a vantage point. FH2004