Quarter-deck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The ...
Quarter definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary QUARTER, n. quort'er. [L. quartus, the fourth part.] 1. The fourth part; as the quarter of an hour or of a mile; one quarter of the expense. Living is a quarter dearer in the city than in the country. 2. In ... pounds avoirdupois, or of 112lb., that is, 28lb.; as a quarter of sugar. 3. In dry measure, the fourth of ...
To give definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak. I knew ... competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. --Bacon. False quarter, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. Fifth quarter, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. On the quarter (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, ...
Deck definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DECK, v.t. 1. Primarily, to cover; to overspread; to put ... with spangles decked the ground. 3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. DECK, n. 1. The covering of a ship, which constitutes a ... made of timbers and planks. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. A flush deck is a continued floor from stem to stern, on ...
Spar deck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following ... of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where ...
quarter point definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quarter Quar"ter, n. [F. quartier, L. quartarius a fourth part ... regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of ... ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of ... the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full. (d) One limb of a ... a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of ...
hurricane deck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a deck at the top of a passenger ship [syn: hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck, awning deck] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The ...
orlop deck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the fourth or lowest deck [syn: orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English overlop deck of a single decker, from Middle Low German overl?p, literally, something that overleaps Date: 1758 the lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks Webster' ...
upper deck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a higher deck Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The ...
Berth deck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following ... of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where ...
gun deck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, ...
Half-deck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following ... of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where ...
Deck curb definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following ... of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where ...
poop deck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an exposed partial weather deck on the stern superstructure of a ship Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1815 a partial deck above a ship's main afterdeck Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, ...
Flush deck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following ... of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where ...