flush-decked

[ fluhsh-dekt ]

adjective

, Nautical.

1. having a weather deck flush with the hull.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flush-decked¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

The ship was flush-decked, broken only by the commander's cabin, the charthouse, and the skylights, masts, and funnel.

From Project Gutenberg

One concluded that she was a yacht, as she was flush-decked, and had a skylight instead of a cargo-hatch amidships; but her lines were a good deal of the dray-horse type, and as for smartness, she did not know the meaning of the word.

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Flush-decked vessels are thus termed, in contradistinction to the deep-waisted.

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The cross-pieces on the small bitts at the main and fore hatchways in flush-decked vessels, for stowing away the booms and spars over the boats; also termed gallowses, gallows-tops, gallows-bitts, and gallows-stanchions.

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Flush-decked ships, equipped with one tier of guns: fine vessels for warm climates, from admitting a free circulation of air.

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