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ˈwell-deck
[well n.1 9 b.]
An open space on the main deck of a ship, lying at a lower level between the forecastle and poop; also attrib. Hence ˈwell-decked a., furnished with a well-deck. Also ˈwell-ˌdecker, a ship with a well-deck.
1888Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 2/1 The objection to the well-deck ship is not due to structural form. 1888Engineer 8 June 468/3 Steamers of the ‘well-deck’ type. 1888Iron 22 June 554 A well-decked steamer of 270 feet length. 1888Ibid. 20 July 65 The Hurworth has a poop, long raised quarter-deck, long bridge.., and a topgallant forecastle, leaving only a short well-deck. 1889Engineer 1 Mar. 192/2 A large proportion of the steamers built and owned at West Hartlepool are ‘well-deckers’. 1898Kipling Day's Work 83 The deck amidships, which was a well-deck sunk between high bulwarks. |