shade deck

noun Nautical.

a light deck supported by stanchions.
the space below this, open at the sides.

Origin of shade deck

First recorded in 1890–95

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Not a single human being have I ever descried on the "shade-deck" or on the towering bridge.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections
William Archer
As the ship began to move a band on the shade-deck struck up "Auld Lang Syne," and immediately the floodgates were unlocked.
The Relief of Mafeking
Filson Young