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

Then I boldly presented myself before Mr. Escombe, the agent, explained the plight I was in, and asked him to let me have, on credit, a deck passage to East London.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Therefore deck passage had to be taken and without meals.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

Here he changed boats, and boarded a smaller vessel, a stern-wheeler, deck passage for Saint Paul, a point which seemed to the young man somewhere near the North Pole.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert

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

We took a deck passage for three shillings, in preference to paying twenty for the cabin, and having secured a vacant place near the chimney, kept it during the whole passage.

From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard