flush-decked

American  

[fluhsh-dekt] / ˈflʌʃˈdɛkt /

adjective

Nautical.

1. having a weather deck flush with the hull.

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Etymology

Origin of flush-decked

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

There were six feet of head-room below, and she was crown-decked and flush-decked.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

The first was flush-decked; that is, it had a single straight open deck on which all the guns were mounted.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore

The large flush-decked ship-sloops carried 21 or 23 guns, with a crew of 140 men.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore

An English navy list of 1545 shows four clumsy old-fashioned "great-ships" of upwards of 1000 tons, but second to these a dozen newer vessels of distinctly galleon lines, lower than the great-ships, flush-decked, and sail-driven.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

Racked into a flush-decked recess on one side of the hull was a crane arm with a two-hundred-ton lift capacity.

From Code Three by Raphael, Rick