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spar deck

noun

, Nautical.
  1. the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spar deck1

First recorded in 1560–70

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Example Sentences

The rest of the spar deck and nearly the whole of the forward cabins were torn out bodily.

Men were being killed and maimed every minute, those faring best whose duty kept them on the spar deck.

She had seven decks—one main or sleeping, three close decks, one forecastle, and a spar deck of two floors.

The water had reached her main deck; all her men were now on the spar deck, where they yet served the pivot guns.

The next thing will be a telephone in every stateroom, with a wireless central on the saloon deck or the spar deck.

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