shelter deck
Americannoun
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a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
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the 'tween deck beneath this.
Etymology
Origin of shelter deck
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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They say the producer concluded the boat, with its protective shelter deck and no-drama crew, would not make good television.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
The date was April 14, 1912, a sinister day in maritime history, but of course the man in suite 63-65, shelter deck C, did not yet know it.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Then he had to be taken up on the shelter deck and introduced to a strange, pale man reclining in a steamer chair, who they said was his father.
From Captain June by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
Promenade and exercise space is provided for them on the shelter deck which is fenced off from the space of the second and third class passenger.
From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul
The A.M.L.O., peering through the rain from the shelter deck of the steamer, recognises the rank of his assailant.
From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.
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