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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

With no pilothouse door to port, walk around the deckhouse to work lines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dining area in the deckhouse has panoramic views and there is plenty of cockpit space for lounging.

From Time Magazine Archive

The engine room, accessed through the deckhouse sole, shows typical Grand Banks quality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trent threw a glance right and left; broke into a run, his bare feet padding on the damp planks; paused at the corner of the deckhouse.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey

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

The party between the deckhouses sways and reels.

From A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham

The deckhouses were gone, as were every one of the boats except the motor launch, and even she was represented only by a shattered, fragmentary skeleton.

From The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise by Edward S. Hodgson

Captain Tangye had snugged down his ship for the night: ropes were coiled, deckhouses padlocked, the spokes of the wheel covered against dew and frost.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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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