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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1644 the forepart of a ship's stem

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the forward edge of a ship's prow. 2 a wedge-shaped projection from a pier or bridge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cutwater Cut"wa`ter (k[u^]t"w[add]`t[~e]r), n. (Naut.) 1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. 2. 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. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.