deck load

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.

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Etymology

Origin of deck load

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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deck load

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

The deck load went o' course; and about ev'rything else was cleaned off the decks that warn't bolted to 'em.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.

The main and mizzen masts were now cut away, to prevent her upsetting, and she was quite clear of her deck load.

From Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People by Park, Marmaduke

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

We took our cargo on board, boxes of sugar in the hold and hogsheads of molasses for a deck load.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous