shade deck
nounNautical.
a light deck supported by stanchions.
the space below this, open at the sides.
Origin of shade deck
1First recorded in 1890–95
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How to use shade deck in a sentence
As the ship began to move a band on the shade-deck struck up "Auld Lang Syne," and immediately the floodgates were unlocked.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungNot a single human being have I ever descried on the "shade-deck" or on the towering bridge.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherIt is roofed by the "shade deck," which is rigidly reserved "for navigators only."
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William Archer
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