'tween deck
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
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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.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan RobertsonTween deck beams and main deck beams were thrown across and rounded up, to give strength and camber to the decks.
Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920 | Sir William Bower ForwoodThen Jukes was directed in the same subdued voice to keep the forward 'tween-deck clear of cargo.
Typhoon | Joseph ConradThe door into the 'tween-deck not fitting quite true, he saw a thread of dim light at the bottom.
Typhoon | Joseph ConradHe 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
nautical a space between two continuous decks of a vessel
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