quarterdeck

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All the crew assemble on the quarterdeck, the offender midships.

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  • For a while Larkin lay awake on the quarterdeck, and felt a tear tickling down the side of her face to drip on the planking underneath. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • The shell could be rolled over the fo'c'sle, quarterdeck, and aftercastle in the event of attack, leaving the crew free to manipulate the ship from below, using an elaborate combination of pulleys, mirrors, and curved spying glasses. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • We followed our captain to the quarterdeck, and then the Spanish officers assembled, and their captain and all of them presented their swords to Commodore Nelson. —  The Grateful Indian And other Stories
  • On a short, high quarterdeck was her bridge and a squat deck-house. —  Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918
  • The captain walked the quarterdeck, and said not a word. —  Two Years Before the Mast
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