"Half-decked" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was a large one, half-decked, and fitted to stand a heavy sea and rough weather. It would have moved sluggishly through the water had not the four men who pulled the oars been possessed of more than average strength. As soon as they passed the barrier reef, the sails were hoisted, and Dick ...
— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne
... length, some of them having a beam of fifteen feet, and they carry their width almost to the stern, which is square. This gives the boats a dumpy appearance, as they look as if they had been cut short. They are half-decked, with a roomy fo'castle and a well, where the fish are kept ...
— A Chapter of Adventures • G. A. Henty |
