A shelter or platform fixed at the masthead of a vessel as a place for a lookout to stand.
Example sentencesExamples
They appeared to use every location on the ship, including one couple who specialised in the crow's-nest.
Orchestra and conductor, perched on a crow's-nest staging vertically above the sea, need a head for heights as well as musical virtuosity, and the audience needs a disciplined ear if its head is not to be turned by the setting.
Definition of crow's nest in US English:
crow's nest
noun
A shelter or platform fixed near the top of the mast of a vessel as a place for a lookout to stand.
Example sentencesExamples
They appeared to use every location on the ship, including one couple who specialised in the crow's-nest.
Orchestra and conductor, perched on a crow's-nest staging vertically above the sea, need a head for heights as well as musical virtuosity, and the audience needs a disciplined ear if its head is not to be turned by the setting.