Åsle

Åsle is a locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Coordinates: 58°11′N 13°41′E / 58.183°N 13.683°E / 58.183; 13.683

SLE

SLE may refer to:

Medicine

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FOC

FOC may refer to:

Communications and technology

Entertainment

FOC (album)

FOC is the debut album released by Australian collaborative rock group Far Out Corporation in 1998. It was also the only album released by the group.

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Forecastle

Forecastle (pron. fowk-sul; commonly abbreviated "fo'c's'le") refers to the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.

In medieval shipbuilding, a ship of war was usually equipped with a tall, multi-deck castle-like structure in the bow of the ship. It served as a platform for archers to shoot down on enemy ships, or as a defensive stronghold if the ship were boarded. A similar but usually much larger structure, called the aftcastle, was at the aft end of the ship, often stretching all the way from the main mast to the stern.

Having such tall upper works on the ship was detrimental to sailing performance. As cannons were introduced and gunfire replaced boarding as the primary means of naval combat during the 16th century, the medieval forecastle was no longer needed, and later ships such as the galleon had only a low, one-deck high forecastle.