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main-deck Naut.
[See main a. and deck n.1 2, 2 b.]
a. In a man-of-war, the deck next below the spar-deck.
b. In a merchantman, that part of the upper deck which lies between the poop and the forecastle.
1748Anson's Voy. iii. vii. 360 The crew..were drawn up under arms on the main-deck. 1798Anti-Jacobin No. 33 (1852) 189 We walk the main-deck. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. (1849) 416 There was a shout of victory from the main-deck. 1833Marryat P. Simple vi, Washing down the main-deck.
attrib.1868Rep. to Govt. U.S. Munit. War 267 That part of the ship supported by and below the main-deck beams.
c. fig. Used for: The main body or chief representatives (of).
1847De Quincey Secret Societies Wks. 1863 VI. 258 No round-robins, signed by the whole maindeck of the Platonic Academy. |