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

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

She was flush-decked, and sat high in the water, with a freeboard of nearly five feet.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills

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

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

She was a flush-decked vessel or corvette—large for that class of craft, with very square yards.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.