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

Folsom carried cord-wood to pay for a deck passage down river.

From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

In ordinary times fares ranged from ₱50 saloon accommodation to ₱8 a deck passage.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

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

Among these were two young females taking deck passage, and our mules, horses, wagons etc., were stowed away upon all sides of them.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd

We went by train to Albany, where we took deck passage on a towing steamer for New York.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James