deck load
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deck load
First recorded in 1750–60
Example Sentences
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With spray gun and grease gun. the women coated the glass of vehicles destined for deck load so no warning reflection would betray the convoy, smeared the underparts for protection against salt spray.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have jettisoned her deck load, and now she'll just float soggily.
From Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's by Rogers, Walter S.
Chairs were found for four, and Julian, stepping aside for a fifth chair, came upon another worthy, as well juleped as himself and carrying his deck load quite as evenly.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
A schooner with a deck load of wood drifted with the tide, her sails flapping; I saw her in a blur.
From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Stark, Harriet
She encountered heavy weather and, during a towering climax of the storm, part of her deck load of American lumber fetched away and carried with it three of her crew of ten men.
From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry
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