deck lid

American  

Or decklid

noun

1. the hinged lid forming the upper surface of an automobile deck.

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Example Sentences

Dealers will repair the deck lid wiring harness possibly replace the camera.

From Seattle Times

Retractable hardtops can impress onlookers with origami-like routines as their panels and rear window pivot and stack below a motorized deck lid.

From New York Times

He even came up with a name for the car that Singer turned into a dark nickel-plated aluminum alloy nameplate on the rear deck lid: SINQNON, a reference to the Latin for “essential to existence,” sine qua non.

From Los Angeles Times

Air wrapping around the canopy rushes off the rear deck lid.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Barnum’s FR-S coupe bears the hallmarks of a Scion die-hard who spent liberally in the aftermarket for an enormous rear deck lid wing, a pavement-scraping front chin splitter, a body kit and outsize custom alloy wheels.

From New York Times