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

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flush-decked

“She is flush-decked, and I make out ten ports on a side, sir,” answered Owen from aloft.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

I took her to be a flush-decked vessel, a corvette probably.

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The cross-pieces on the small bitts at the main and fore hatchways in flush-decked vessels, for stowing away the booms and spars over the boats; also termed gallowses, gallows-tops, gallows-bitts, and gallows-stanchions.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Lucky for us we were a flush-decked ship and our hatches sound, for the seas that poured over us would have filled us to the brim in an hour.

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines

Ships which have their only gun-deck running fore and aft for the same height all along are called flush-decked ships.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles