deckhouse
any enclosed structure projecting above the weather deck of a vessel and, usually, surrounded by exposed deck area on all sides.: Compare superstructure (def. 4).
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How to use deckhouse in a sentence
One end of the deckhouse of the Nassau was occupied by a pensioner of Fulton's, who sold candies and cakes.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. OstranderUp on top of the deckhouse, hidden among the ventilators and smokestacks, two men gloomily watched the gay scene below.
By Right of Conquest | Arthur HornblowThey stopped at the entrance to the galley, which was in a caboose or deckhouse.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 | James BarnesSuddenly from the entrance of the deckhouse ran a hatless figure.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 | James BarnesSomewhat at a loss what to do, the boys paused in the shadow of a deckhouse.
The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front | Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for deckhouse
/ (ˈdɛkˌhaʊs) /
a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
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