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noun Nautical.
a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
the 'tween deck beneath this.
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Origin of shelter deck
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby shelter deck
shellwork, shelly, Shelta, shelter, shelter belt, shelter deck, sheltered, sheltered housing, sheltered workshop, shelter in place, shelter tent
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How to use shelter deck in a sentence
The highest steel deck that extended continuously throughout the full length of the ship was the shelter deck.
An Unsinkable Titanic|John Bernard Walker(d) The second bulkhead from the bow and the second from the stern should be carried up to the shelter deck.
An Unsinkable Titanic|John Bernard Walker