spar deck
- the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
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Origin of spar deck
First recorded in 1560–70
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Historical Examples
There was a scramble for the spar-deck and a rush overboard.
The Monitor and the MerrimacJ. L. Worden et al.
The prisoners were all summoned to the Spar-deck where this letter was read.
American Prisoners of the RevolutionDanske Dandridge
At this signal all the Pikemen will assemble on the spar-deck with their muskets.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.Bureau of Ordnance, USN
And ten men for the spar-deck of a ship-of-the-line of three decks.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.Bureau of Ordnance, USN
Rock and Teach distributed the best of the men among the guns of the spar-deck battery on the port side.
Sir Henry Morgan, BuccaneerCyrus Townsend Brady