cutwater

• ⇰ The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
• ⇰ A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
• ⇰ A sea bird of the Atlantic (<spn>Rhynchops nigra</spn>); -- called also black skimmer>, scissorsbill>, and razorbill>. See Skimmer>.