Sentence:  The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt <WSD>snout</WSD>, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The front of the prow of a ship or boat. (First attested in 1387.)<ref name=COED2>(page=1811)</ref>