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spar deck
noun
, Nautical.
- the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spar deck1
First recorded in 1560–70
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Example Sentences
The rest of the spar deck and nearly the whole of the forward cabins were torn out bodily.
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Men were being killed and maimed every minute, those faring best whose duty kept them on the spar deck.
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She had seven decks—one main or sleeping, three close decks, one forecastle, and a spar deck of two floors.
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The water had reached her main deck; all her men were now on the spar deck, where they yet served the pivot guns.
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The next thing will be a telephone in every stateroom, with a wireless central on the saloon deck or the spar deck.
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