spar deck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spar deck
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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Undead sailors calmly went about their business on the spar deck.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
I crept back from the ventilation grate and made my way upstairs to join Annabeth and Tyson on the spar deck.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Most of the married officers of the Thirty-fourth had brought their families along with them, and so children played along the saloon deck, or ran down among the friendly soldiers on the spar deck.
From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
No bulwarks were on the spar deck, only iron stanchions to which were fastened a breastwork of wet cotton bales when the Steam Battery was in action.
From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
On the upper or spar deck was placed her armament, consisting of two immense pivot guns and eight broadside guns.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
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