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hurricane deck
noun
- a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
hurricane deck
noun
- a ship's deck that is covered by a light deck as a sunshade
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Other Words From
- hurri·cane-decked adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hurricane deck1
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Example Sentences
Maybe it didn't feel good to be on the hurricane deck of a good horse once more!
The wind from the gulf was soft, and the two friends stood on the hurricane-deck, charmed with a familiar view.
Clemens, standing alone on the hurricane-deck, heard the big bell forward boom out the call for leads.
All this time Russ Bunker stayed away from the covered boat on the hurricane deck.
At length, late one afternoon, the children were taken up on the hurricane deck to see the islands of Charleston Harbor ahead.
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