The parts of a ship that are above the water when it is fully laden.
Example sentencesExamples
- The upper works are protected from shards of ice by a substantial ledge projecting round the top of the hull.
- The deck and upper works of older ships were often built of wood over a steel frame.
- The ship's stern and upper works, together with all her guns, had evidently been ripped away by the powerful currents which run through the Sound.
- Here it is more broken, with most of the upper works gone and the diesel engine exposed.