freeboard deck
noun Nautical.
(on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
Nearby words
free-trade zone, free-trader, freebase, freebie, freeboard, freeboard deck, freeboard length, freeboot, freebooter, freebooty, freeborn
Origin of freeboard deck
First recorded in 1950–55
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