razee

noun

a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.

verb (used with object)

to cut down (a wooden ship) by removing the upper deck.

Origin:
1785–95; < French (vaisseau) rasé razed (ship), past participle of raser to raze

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razee (ˈræziː)

—n , pl razees
1.	a sailing ship that has had its upper deck or decks removed

—vb , razees, razees, razeeing, razeed
2.	to remove the upper deck or decks of (a sailing ship)

[C19: from French rasée shaved close, from raser to raze]

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