flush-decked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flush-decked
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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The galliasse was sometimes flush-decked, without poop and forecastle, and sometimes built with both, but she was never so "high charged" as the galleon.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
I took her to be a flush-decked vessel, a corvette probably.
From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles
She was a tremendously beamy craft, flush-decked fore-and-aft, and was armed with ten twelve-pounders in her broadside batteries, with a thirty-two-pounder between her masts—a truly formidable craft of her kind.
From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)
The ship was flush-decked, broken only by the commander's cabin, the charthouse, and the skylights, masts, and funnel.
From In the Yellow Sea by Frith, Henry
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
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