flush-decked

American  

[fluhsh-dekt] / ˈflʌʃˈdɛkt /

adjective

Nautical.

1. having a weather deck flush with the hull.

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Etymology

Origin of flush-decked

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

By means of some black painted canvas let down over the main-deck ports, she was made to look like a corvette, or flush-decked vessel.

From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Lucky for us we were a flush-decked ship and our hatches sound, for the seas that poured over us would have filled us to the brim in an hour.

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines

She was a tremendously beamy craft, flush-decked fore-and-aft, and was armed with ten twelve-pounders in her broadside batteries, with a thirty-two-pounder between her masts—a truly formidable craft of her kind.

From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)

There were six feet of head-room below, and she was crown-decked and flush-decked.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

She was a flush-decked vessel or corvette—large for that class of craft, with very square yards.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.