Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
deck , 2 .
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Examples
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The bugle sounded again, the bell began to toll for prayers, and the band on the after shelter-deck struck up a lively march as the men came aft.
A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926
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On the after shelter-deck the Gunner, bare-headed and clad only in a shirt and trousers, was, single-handed, loading and firing a twelve-pounder as fast as he could snap the breech to and lay the gun.
A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926
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The boy flung himself down the ladder, sped aft along the fore-and-aft bridge, turned at the shelter-deck, descended another ladder, and brought up in the battery.
A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926
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