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freeboard deck
noun
, Nautical.
- (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of freeboard deck1
First recorded in 1950–55
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