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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

But I was comfortable in the extreme on the wide, leather-covered helm seat, protected from the winds and surrounded on all sides by a glass-enclosed deckhouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up in the deckhouse, the skipper and navigator have wonderful, 360-degree views out large windows on all four sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

More contemporary in style than its 38-foot predecessor, the 39 SX shows beautifully curved glass windows in the aft deckhouse corners, as well as sealed windows all around to eliminate leaks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The blinding deluge which had delayed him for half an hour had just ceased, and at every roll boat and deckhouse shook off streams of lukewarm water.

From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss

The night air, however, and the weird eloquence of the utter solitude, the disordered deck, the great towering funnel, the ruined deckhouses, the serpentine lapping of the water, roused Mona from her semi-lethargy.

From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford

Her great bow seemed to be rising out of the water like a headland, over which Frank could just see the tiers of white deckhouses, one mast, and the tall smokestack.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss

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

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

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




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