deck load

noun

, Nautical.

1. cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deck load¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

There's a deck-load of millionaires comes here every summer, and I'm goin' to help her land one of 'em.

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It was quite astonishing to see the ease with which he navigated under his heavy deck-load.

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She had a considerable deck-load of cotton, and doubtless her hold was filled with the same valuable commodity.

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He had an ugly trip down the coast: lost his deck load and three men overboard in a southeaster off Nantucket Shoals.

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Now, that she was deep and was rolling her deck-load to the water, it was time to think of lightening her.

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