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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

But I was comfortable in the extreme on the wide, leather-covered helm seat, protected from the winds and surrounded on all sides by a glass-enclosed deckhouse.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the ropes were cast off, and he sat down to open his letter under the deckhouse, as with a sonorous blast of her whistle the big white steamer swung out from the wharf.

From A Damaged Reputation 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

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

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

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

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


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