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

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.

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

The large flush-decked ship-sloops carried 21 or 23 guns, with a crew of 140 men.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore

The galliasse was sometimes flush-decked, without poop and forecastle, and sometimes built with both, but she was never so "high charged" as the galleon.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

An English navy list of 1545 shows four clumsy old-fashioned "great-ships" of upwards of 1000 tons, but second to these a dozen newer vessels of distinctly galleon lines, lower than the great-ships, flush-decked, and sail-driven.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver