hurricane deck
a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
Origin of hurricane deck
1Other words from hurricane deck
- hur·ri·cane-decked, adjective
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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. SinclairThe 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 ReadClemens, standing alone on the hurricane-deck, heard the big bell forward boom out the call for leads.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineAll this time Russ Bunker stayed away from the covered boat on the hurricane deck.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's | Laura Lee HopeAt length, late one afternoon, the children were taken up on the hurricane deck to see the islands of Charleston Harbor ahead.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's | Laura Lee Hope
British Dictionary definitions for hurricane deck
a ship's deck that is covered by a light deck as a sunshade
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