Definition of deck

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Deck (v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks..

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Betrap :: Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.
Waterway :: Waterway (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed..
Dekle :: Dekle (n.) See Deckle.
Blazon :: Blazon (v. t.) To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Decked :: Decked (imp. & p. p.) of Dec.
Befrill :: Befrill (v. t.) To furnish or deck with a frill.
Housing :: Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
Quarter-deck :: Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one..
Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.
Deep-waisted :: Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck..
Flounce :: Flounce (v. t.) To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock..
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
Enflower :: Enflower (v. t.) To cover or deck with flowers.
Close-fights :: Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters..
Jewel :: "Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels..
Poop :: Poop (n.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse..
Three-decker :: Three-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Laureate :: Laureate (a.) Crowned, or decked, with laurel..
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