forecastle deck
nounNautical.
a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
Origin of forecastle deck
1First recorded in 1850–55
Words Nearby forecastle deck
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How to use forecastle deck in a sentence
Alderson, Smith, Neidlinger, and Higgins were grouped together on the forecastle deck in amiable chat.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod RaineMaseden, feeling oddly remote and unclassed among men of his own race, followed the second officer to the forecastle deck.
His Unknown Wife | Louis TracyThen he saw that the forecastle deck had been torn away in line with the forward bulkhead of the fore hold.
His Unknown Wife | Louis Tracy"If you shoot me you wound your own hand," and then he went back to his post on the forecastle deck.
Famous Sea Fights | John Richard HaleOn the forecastle deck the mate and some men stood watching our approach, with ropes ready to throw out to us.
The Pilots of Pomona | Robert Leighton
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