gun deck

American  

noun

1. (formerly, on a warship) any deck, other than the weather deck, having cannons from end to end.

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Etymology

Origin of gun deck

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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

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

In the spring of 1942 a group of sailors were lolling on the gun deck of a transport at Samoa.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said he was then going to the gun deck to get a rope ready for getting into the water and would return for me when all was ready.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous