poop deck

American  

noun

1. a weather deck on top of a poop.

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poop deck British  

noun

1. nautical the deck on top of the poop

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Etymology

Origin of poop deck

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

And the poop deck, where passengers crowded as the ship sank, folded under itself.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2021

The poop deck is being repaired traditionally, using wooden planks caulked with cotton and oakum then sealed with pitch.

From New York Times • May 29, 2016

Cocktail hour on the poop deck and cruising were redolent of tourism.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2015

Admiral Romney needs a time-out on the poop deck.

From Forbes • Oct. 11, 2012

Fourteen or fifteen of them jumped into a canoe which they carried on their poop deck, and fled.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen