PROW

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton.

2.
n.

See Proa.

3.
a.

Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.

4.
n.

Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.

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