corticene

Simons staggered backwards across the corticene, smashed heavily into the bulkhead and slid to the deck.

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

He stared in happy bemusement from the captain to me to the glass in his hand to the water dripping from the melting ice on his furs onto the corticene decking of the captain's tiny cabin.

Ice Station Zebra MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1963

The Captain and the First Lieutenant were rummaging through the drawers of the knee-hole table in search of an ancient recipe of the former's for manufacturing varnish of a peculiar excellence wherewith to beautify the corticene on the aft-deck.

A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

"We shall think of the pneumatic riveter at work over your heads; we shall think of the blithe chatter of the dockyard maties all over the ship, and the smell of the stuff they stick the corticene down with ... and we shall face the sad days ahead of us with renewed courage, James, old man."

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

Bare corticene covered the deck; the walls of white enamelled steel were unadorned save for a big scale chart of the North

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926