lower deck

[loh-er]

lower deck

[loh-er]
noun Nautical.
1.
the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
2.
the deck next above the lowermost, or orlop, deck in a hull having four or more decks.

Origin:
1700–10
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lower deck
 
n
1.  the deck of a ship situated immediately above the hold
2.  informal the petty officers and seamen of a ship collectively

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