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[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

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

The boat deck provides shelter for walking the wide side decks on both sides of the deckhouse, as well as for relaxing or dining in the aft cockpit.

From Time Magazine Archive

The captain greeted his marauders upon their return and stood leaning against the deckhouse sunning himself.

From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Miriam Haynie

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

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 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

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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