half deck
- (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
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Origin of half deck
First recorded in 1620–30
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Mr. Markitall went down under the half-deck to make the inquiry.
The Pirate and The Three CuttersFrederick Marryat
And going down to the half-deck, he asked Esdale why he had not obeyed his orders.
Peter TrawlW. H. G. Kingston
Mr Markitall went down under the half-deck to make the inquiry.
The PirateFrederick Marryat
I don't know whether it was on the quarter-deck or the half-deck.
Dikes and DitchesOliver Optic
This is the slipper-limpet, or half-deck, as fishermen call it.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural HistoryTheodore Wood