hurricane deck
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hurricane deck
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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We were not under the necessity of being 'grub-staked' by anyone, or more ostentatiously on the hurricane deck of a cayuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his cabin on the hurricane deck, First Assistant Radio Officer George I. Alagna was awakened by a heavy trampling of feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lieutenant Kingsbury, in command of the gunnery crew assigned to Raoul from Fort Crawford, came up the stairs from the foredeck to the hurricane deck and entered the pilot house.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
It was about midnight, and everybody had turned in, but the skipper and I were having a parting yarn on the hurricane deck.
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
The man he was to watch was still walking quietly up and down the hurricane deck, evidently in no hurry to land until the rush was over.
From Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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