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deckhouse

[dek-haus] / 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 dining area in the deckhouse has panoramic views and there is plenty of cockpit space for lounging.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spray was quickly swept away from the hull and kept away from the deckhouse windows by wide, slightly reversed chines, which extend from the bow to the transom corners.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of descending the stairway, the girl slipped out by the other door, and flitted forward in the shadow of the deckhouse until she came upon Desmond standing beneath the bridge.

From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss

Another mast became visible, with a double row of white deckhouses and a tier of boats between.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 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

Miller's men were building horse stalls, caulking the decks, resecuring the deckhouses, putting in bolts and various small fittings.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott

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

A hundred times the crash of the wave on the ship's side was followed by the roar of the water, as it swept the decks and raved round the deckhouses.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling


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