'tween deck

noun

Nautical.

1. any space between two continuous decks in the hull of a vessel, as between a shelter deck and a freeboard deck.

'tween deck

noun

1. nautical a space between two continuous decks of a vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of 'tween deck¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

We cannot get the houses built fast enough, and we are crammed together almost the way we were on the ’tween deck of the Susan Constant.

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The two sailors hustle Captain Smith over to the chain bolts that stand ready, fastened to the wall of the ’tween deck, waiting to restrain a prisoner or any drunken sailor who has started a fistfight.

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In the close quarters of the ’tween deck, it is hard to miss much.

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Captain Smith emerges from the ’tween deck.

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The ’tween deck is abuzz with gentlemen and commoners both, wondering what this land sighting means.

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