hurricane deck

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noun

a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.

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Origin of hurricane deck

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

OTHER WORDS FROM hurricane deck

hur·ri·cane-decked, adjective

Words nearby hurricane deck

hurrah, Hurri, Hurrian, hurricane, Hurricane Alley, hurricane deck, hurricane-force wind, hurricane lamp, hurricane warning, hurried, hurry

How to use hurricane deck in a sentence

“Deck the Halls” was written back in the 16th century, when the English language was very different.
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Obama has latched on to the failure of the embargo to topple the Castros as justification to shuffle the deck.
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Deck your halls instead with boughs of holly, shouting “Merry Christmas” (or “Happy Hanukkah”) well into the night.
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Anyone willing to threaten war over a joke is clearly not playing with a full deck.
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“We dealt with so many problems when we were shooting in New York, like trying to shoot during Hurricane Sandy,” says Esco.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
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Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Maybe it didn't feel good to be on the hurricane deck of a good horse once more!
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I'd much rather see what is going on than be cooped up below, and after lunch I told Bob I was going up on deck.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hurricane deck

hurricane deck

noun

a ship's deck that is covered by a light deck as a sunshade

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