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abovedeck

adv

Etymology

From above + deck.

  1. derived from *þakjaną✻
  2. derived from *þakkjan✻
  3. derived from thecken
  4. derived from decken
  5. derived from dec — “roof, covering”
  6. inherited from dekke
  7. compounded as abovedeck — “above + deck”

Definitions

  1. On deck.

    • Dress warmly so that you can stay abovedeck in the fresh air.
    • Abovedeck the air had been black with wind.
    • I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.

  2. Located on deck.

    • These heating elements allow the gun mount to continue to operate when the abovedeck temperature is as low as 40° C.
    • The ship's rocking seemed less noticeable below the water's surface, so the first mate recommended that everyone come out of the abovedeck cabins and staterooms to weather the storm in the lower ballrooms.
    • She was easily two hundred fifty feet long, with her dark, forbidding abovedeck casement taking up some two-thirds of that length.

  3. The area on a boat that is abovedeck.

    • It's a good idea to plan these jobs in logical steps, working down from abovedeck to the bilge.
    • The brightness from abovedeck made the shadowed interior all the darker.
    • From abovedeck, shouts could be heard, mingling with the sound of running feet.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA