three-decker

American  

[three-dek-er] / ˈθriˈdɛk ər /

noun

1. any ship having three decks, tiers, etc.

2. (formerly) one of a class of sailing warships that carried guns on three decks.

3. a sandwich made of three slices of bread interlaid with two layers of filling; club sandwich.

4. something having three layers, levels, or tiers.

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three-decker British  

noun

1. 1. anything having three levels or layers

   2. ( as modifier )

      a three-decker sandwich

2. a warship with guns on three decks

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Etymology

Origin of three-decker

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

The task force took on Newman’s case in May and has housed him in a Worcester three-decker with other asylum seekers.

From Washington Times

Yet the family was somehow able to buy one of Worcester’s three-decker buildings, which must have felt like a miraculous accomplishment for folks who arrived with nothing a few years earlier.

From New York Times

Own a three-decker in South Boston free and clear, and it can be most of your retirement plan.

From Seattle Times

But so it is; the cockboat may be more to a man than was once the three-decker.

From Project Gutenberg

Not a three-decker of the Channel fleet was readier for a broadside than herself.

From Project Gutenberg