deck hand

noun
Nautical. a sailor whose duties are performed on deck.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To deck hand
Collins
World English Dictionary
deck hand
 
n
1.  a seaman assigned various duties, such as mooring and cargo handling, on the deck of a ship
2.  (in Britain) a seaman over 17 years of age who has seen sea duty for at least one year
3.  a helper aboard a yacht

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Deck hand is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
Workers on deck cleaning and performing deck hand duties.
The deck hand was able to temporarily minimize the leak by rubbing soap on the crack.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT