three-decker
any ship having three decks, tiers, etc.
(formerly) one of a class of sailing warships that carried guns on three decks.
a sandwich made of three slices of bread interlaid with two layers of filling; club sandwich.
something having three layers, levels, or tiers.
Origin of three-decker
1- Also called triple-decker (for defs. 3, 4).
Words Nearby three-decker
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How to use three-decker in a sentence
Its duty is, like that of any three-decker, to guard the merchant service from a dangerous foe.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThis was an armed launch, which, shooting out from beneath the shadow of a three-decker, swept across the bay with muffled oars.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverFor the choicest sort of foolishness you have to go to these fellows with the three-decker brains!
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanThe English ships were all seventy-fours; the French had three eighty-gun ships, and one three-decker of one hundred and twenty.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson | Robert SoutheyA vice-admiral, in a three-decker, led them, and was reaching up to the Victory just as she had come up to tack in her station.
British Dictionary definitions for three-decker
anything having three levels or layers
(as modifier): a three-decker sandwich
a warship with guns on three decks
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