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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

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

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

She carries a large upper deckhouse, but the absence of a flying bridge keeps her proportions in balance and yields a pleasing profile.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the main deck, just abaft the foc'sle, was a deckhouse divided into compartments, forming the cook's galley and boats' crews' quarters, together with those belonging to the first and second mates.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood

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

One of our crew groaned, but no other man uttered a sound, and we returned to the shelter of the deckhouses.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor

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

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

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




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