belowdecks

American  

[bih-loh-deks] / bɪˈloʊˌdɛks /

adverb

Nautical.

1. within the hull of a vessel.

   Fire raged belowdecks.

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Etymology

Origin of belowdecks

below + deck + -s ¹

Example Sentences

At dinner they all gathered at a long wooden table belowdecks.

From Literature

Huge pipes carried steam created in enormous belowdecks boilers, which supplied heat to the officers’ cabins and the crew’s living quarters.

From Literature

The young man asked after the night’s schedule and when the meeting going on belowdecks—captains of all the flotilla ships planning the sailing schedule—might be over.

From Slate

Most worryingly, he didn’t hear the sound that had filled belowdecks for the past three months at sea: the hum of the ship’s generator.

From Slate

Under the cover of night, the young woman boarded the ship and was given a place belowdecks by a friendly captain named John Bowles.

From Literature