gun deck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gun deck
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Parts of the ship’s sides had collapsed onto the seabed but the hull was otherwise preserved up to a lower gun deck.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
In the spring of 1942 a group of sailors were lolling on the gun deck of a transport at Samoa.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was as far as the men on the gun deck got.
From Time Magazine Archive
The more literate observers were reminded of that memorable scene in Victor Hugo's Ninety-Three, when a huge cannon breaks loose on the gun deck of a ship in a rough sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost immediately her seamen began furling the other sails, and all open gunports were quickly slammed down to stop any shreds of burning canvas from accidentally reaching the gun deck.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
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