spar deck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spar deck
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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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
Undead sailors calmly went about their business on the spar deck.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
After flashing an inquiring look at his company commander, and saluting that officer, Hal next raised his uniform cap to Draney, then turned and made his way down to the spar deck.
From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
The water had reached her main deck; all her men were now on the spar deck, where they yet served the pivot guns.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
The men were thus able to provision them more easily than in their exposed berths on the spar deck.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Louis Tracy
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