prow /pɹaʊ/noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •The front part of a vessel.The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves. — 1674 •A vessel. adjective1 •(no longer used) Brave, valiant, gallant.For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […] — 1590 formsprows · prower · prowest
