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crow's nest

[krohz-nest] / ˈkroʊzˌnɛst /
NOUN
conning tower
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Tomorrow, I�m going to the crows nest for a new view of the channel party fifty feet up and swaying heavily.

From Time Magazine Archive

To-day, what were once banqueting halls are covered with moss, and on the ground grass grows, over which sheep graze and children play; while rooks and crows nest or roost in the tall towers.

From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot

"Curukity coo—curukity coo," sung out a great bushy—whiskered sailor from the crows nest, who turned out to be no other than our old friend Timothy Tailtackle, quite juvenilffied by the laughing scene.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael