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Second deck   /sˈɛkənd dɛk/   Listen
Second deck

noun
1.
The uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel.  Synonym: main deck.






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"Second deck" Quotes from Famous Books



... waited we devoted the time to the construction of an upper deck, since the one immediately above the ballast was some seven feet from the gunwale. The second deck was four feet above this. In it was a large, commodious hatch, leading to the lower deck. The sides of the ship rose three feet above the upper deck, forming an excellent breastwork, which we loopholed at intervals that we might lie prone and fire ...
— Pellucidar • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... practical advances have come others of a more healthful and artistic trend. The furniture is better; the decoration of the cabins and saloons prettier and more harmonious; there has been more hygienic sanitation. When the Oceanic of the White Star Line was built in 1870 she had a second deck, and this novel feature was adopted broadcast and eventually ushered in the many-deck liners now in use. The Servia, built in 1881, was the first steel ship and the advantage of its greater elasticity ...
— Steve and the Steam Engine • Sara Ware Bassett



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