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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 deck was awash in 3 ft. of water; to the roof of the deckhouse there clung five sick and starving men, Eric de Bisschop and his four-man crew.

From Time Magazine Archive

A semi-cylindrical door connects the aft cockpit with the plush deckhouse, galley and the enclosed helm.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The shape of their hulls, the number and location of smoke pipes, the positions of guns, torpedo tubes, bridges, deckhouse, and other details gave them quite a contrasting profile.

From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick

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 colleagues made their way along the deck, stopping in the shadow of the deckhouses to listen if there was any sound.

From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne

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

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


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