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deckhouse

[dek-hous] / ˈdɛkˌhaʊs /


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Unlike its sister ships, the Zumwalt and the Monsoor, the LBJ will have a deckhouse that’s made of steel, not composite materials, to save money.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2019

The side windows in the deckhouse lower electrically, like those on your Ferrari, to make it easier to see aft without leaving the helm.

From Time Magazine Archive

The deckhouse, painted Porsche silver, ends at the mast, leaving a wide foredeck dotted with flush-mounted hatches and bordered by reassuringly high lifelines forward.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four or more people can enjoy the views from the deckhouse on two long settees and a pair of captain's chairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crowd sat on deck, keeping as much as possible in the shelter of the deckhouse, and were just as jolly as though there was no such thing on the whole ocean as a storm.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Margaret Penrose

These, as well as the end of the ship's navigating bridge and the gangway, were illuminated by, he imagined, a lamp on the side of one of the deckhouses.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts

In a twinkling up went the battle flag, bulwarks fell down, lifeboats on decks collapsed, revealing guns, sides dropped from deckhouses, hen-coops, and other innocent-looking structures.

From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick

His eyes were half closed, for the white boats and deckhouses flashed dazzlingly in the strong light as the steamer lurched across the vivid swell of the Caribbean.

From Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss

The sticks were jerked out of her, deckhouses splintered to match-wood, rails ripped off, and, after the worst had passed, the covering boards began to go. 

From The Red One by Jack London

The black paint was scarred and peeling higher up, the white deckhouses and boats had grown dingy, and there was about her a poverty-stricken look.

From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss




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