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deckhouse

[dek-hous] / 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

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

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

Trent threw a glance right and left; broke into a run, his bare feet padding on the damp planks; paused at the corner of the deckhouse.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey

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

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

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 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

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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