crow's nest

Etymology
From the habit of crows building nests high up in trees.

Noun

 * 1)  A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.

Translations

 * Abkhaz:
 * Adyghe:
 * Afrikaans:
 * Aghwan:
 * Ainu:
 * Akan:
 * Aklanon:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Czech: vraní hnízdo
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: gvatnesto
 * Faroese: kagtunna
 * Finnish:
 * French: nid-de-pie, ,
 * German: Mastkorb, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καρχήσιον
 * Modern:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: varðtunna
 * Irish: crannóg
 * Latin: carchesium
 * Norman: heune
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: utkikstønne
 * Polish:, bocianiec
 * Portuguese: cesto da gávea
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: jamborni koš
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: mastkorg, utkikstunna
 * Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎔𐎚
 * Ukrainian: ґав'яче гніздо, вороняче гніздо
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: maatabäset
 * Welsh: nyth y frân, nythod y frân