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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A short, houselike structure on the upper deck of a ship.
Examples
“I built a dodger (this shields the deckhouse from the wind) and installed a circular sofa whose center could be raised and stripped of its cushions to form a circular table; with the center level on the springs, its cushions in place, four or even five flopped-out sailors could rest or read, and when it was lifted eight people could dine.”
“Far behind the deckhouse were the piers of Fyrad where the swift coaster had brought him from Cyad, far more swiftly than taking the North Highway.”
The Chaos Balance
“In the deckhouse was a wildly-incoherent and unfinished letter, to her containing expressions of the most passionate devotion, and begging her to pray for his soul.”
“Suspended below the bag was a framework, in the center of which was built a pilot house with a short "deckhouse," so to speak, extended astern of it.”
“deckhouse" that encloses the structures on top of their hulls, but the move would essentially revert the program to the Navy's original "winner take all" approach.”
“At the end of the pier was a rusty fishing trawler, about ninety feet long, with a tall mast near the bow and a two-story deckhouse at the stern.”
“David waited until Lucille reached the stern and entered the deckhouse.”
“The Benson family's quarters consisted of the main deck aft of the mainmast, the poop deck and a deckhouse above the poop deck.”
The Washington Post: Aboard the old Reina Mercedes ship again, at least in their minds
“I thought that cock-eyed deckhouse, deck and funnell charming and amusing.”
“I stared round, hopelessly; and then with two jumps, I was on the pigsty, and from there upon the top of the deckhouse.”
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