† hind-deckn.
Obsolete.
The deck at the stern of early ships (see deck n.1 2); poop-deck, poop. (Cf. fore-deck n.)
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pulpit1512
tail-castle1585
hind-deck1600
poop1704
poop deck1717
poop-royal1769
monkey poop1926
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. 614 To defend and keepe the poupe and hind-decke.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B3 The foredecke and hindecke of all our Opposities probations.
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 10 At foredeck some, at hindeck some must stand.
1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xvi. 145 The Misen-sail, which..hung in the Hind-deck.
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