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What is the name for the carving (usually of a woman) that goes on the bow (front) of a ship?

April 26, 2017BOW carving ship usually woman

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What is the name for the carving (usually of a woman) that goes on the bow (front) of a ship?

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The word is ‘figurehead’. The metaphorical sense of the word, meaning someone who is nominally but not effectively in charge of some organization, derives from the nautical sense.