hurricane deck


noun
  1. a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.

Origin of hurricane deck

1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Other words from hurricane deck

  • hur·ri·cane-decked, adjective

Words Nearby hurricane deck

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How to use hurricane deck in a sentence

  • Maybe it didn't feel good to be on the hurricane deck of a good horse once more!

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • The wind from the gulf was soft, and the two friends stood on the hurricane-deck, charmed with a familiar view.

    An Arkansas Planter | Opie Percival Read
  • Clemens, standing alone on the hurricane-deck, heard the big bell forward boom out the call for leads.

  • All this time Russ Bunker stayed away from the covered boat on the hurricane deck.

  • At length, late one afternoon, the children were taken up on the hurricane deck to see the islands of Charleston Harbor ahead.

British Dictionary definitions for hurricane deck

hurricane deck

noun
  1. a ship's deck that is covered by a light deck as a sunshade

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