shade deck

noun

Nautical.

1. a light deck supported by stanchions.

2. the space below this, open at the sides.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shade deck¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The bulwarks are close fore and aft; and from the upper deck rise two tiers of houses, the roofs of which form the promenade deck and the shade deck.

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It is roofed by the "shade deck," which is rigidly reserved "for navigators only."

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Occasionally an officer flits past, on his way up to or down from the "shade deck"; I regard him with awe, and guess reverently at his rank.

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