'tween deck


nounNautical.
  1. any space between two continuous decks in the hull of a vessel, as between a shelter deck and a freeboard deck.

Origin of 'tween deck

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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How to use 'tween deck in a sentence

  • And they say the 'tween-deck and forecastle smells o' bedbugs and bilge-water, and they want their grog.

  • Tween deck beams and main deck beams were thrown across and rounded up, to give strength and camber to the decks.

  • Then Jukes was directed in the same subdued voice to keep the forward 'tween-deck clear of cargo.

    Typhoon | Joseph Conrad
  • The door into the 'tween-deck not fitting quite true, he saw a thread of dim light at the bottom.

    Typhoon | Joseph Conrad
  • He could perfectly imagine the coolies battened down in the reeking 'tween-deck, lying sick and scared between the rows of chests.

    Typhoon | Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for 'tween deck

'tween deck

noun
  1. nautical a space between two continuous decks of a vessel

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