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freeboard deck

noun

, Nautical.
  1. (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of freeboard deck1

First recorded in 1950–55

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