deck passage

American  

noun

1. overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.

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Other Word Forms

• deck passenger
  noun

Etymology

Origin of deck passage

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

That warn't enough to take us fourteen hundred mile, deck passage nor no other way.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark

Then I could not make up my mind whether to disguise myself as a native, and take a deck passage; or whether to go on board with a bag, and book first-class to Bussorah.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler

As on the diligence he took an outside and plebeian seat, so, with the same secret motive of preserving unsuspected the character assumed, he took a deck passage in the packet.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

I hastened to the landing and learned that a boat would leave within half an hour and that fifty cents would secure a deck passage to Bolanyo.

From Bolanyo by Read, Opie Percival

He soon left Buffalo, taking a deck passage on a schooner bound for Erie, furnishing his own bed and provisions and paying a fare of one dollar and a half.

From John James Audubon by Burroughs, John