gun deck

American  

noun

1. (formerly, on a warship) any deck, other than the weather deck, having cannons from end to end.

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Etymology

Origin of gun deck

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

Parts of the ship’s sides had collapsed onto the seabed but the hull was otherwise preserved up to a lower gun deck.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

The more literate observers were reminded of that memorable scene in Victor Hugo's Ninety-Three, when a huge cannon breaks loose on the gun deck of a ship in a rough sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Machinist's Mate Third Class Lloyd Powers, one of the men on the gun deck, got back to the U.S. last January, made another unsuccessful search for a copy of the book.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the spring of 1942 a group of sailors were lolling on the gun deck of a transport at Samoa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the line of gunport covers along the upper gun deck were being raised.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas