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Definition: HALF-DECK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell.[Websters]
2. See Half deck, under Deck.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Half-deck" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HALF-DECK

Domain Definition
Literature Half-deck The sanctum of the second mate, carpenters, coopers, boatswain, and all secondary officers. Quarter-deck, the sanctum of the captain and superior officers. In a gun-decked ship, it is the deck below the spar-deck, extending from the mainmast to the cabin bulk-heads. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: HALF-DECK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell.[Websters]
2. See Half deck, under Deck.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HALF-DECK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HALF-DECK

DomainDefinition
LiteratureHalf-deck The sanctum of the second mate, carpenters, coopers, boatswain, and all secondary officers. Quarter-deck, the sanctum of the captain and superior officers. In a gun-decked ship, it is the deck below the spar-deck, extending from the mainmast to the cabin bulk-heads. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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