A screen of cloth or other material erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind

see cockpit dodger. On motor boats they typically protect the bow area

a sort of quarter-sphere shaped structure just forward of the cockpit which shields people in the cockpit (dodges) from the worst of the wind and any other nasty weather coming over the bow

an awning that covers a small part of the forward part of the cockpit (about 30cm). It makes a small sheltered place that the person who's on watch can cower under as waves go over; 194, see also Greenies

a screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.

A wrap-around awning in front of the cockpit to protect tile crew from weather.

Dodger is a term used in sailing and sailboats. It is a frame-supported canvas (sometimes with vinyl windows) structure providing a helmsman and other occupants of a sailboat partial protection from harsh weather and seas. It covers part of the cockpit and the entrance (or "companionway") into the interior of the sailboat.