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noun

Half-deck n.

(Zool.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

See Half deck, under Deck.

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Etymology of 'Half-deck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Half-deck" Quotes from Famous Books

... conger gaff from under the blue and silver heap of mackerel in the well and climbed laboriously on to the little half-deck. So we were after some sort of flotsam, I could not see what, because Billy John's expansive back-view obscured the prospect ahead, but from his tense attitude I judged that it appeared interesting. He signed to me to come up another couple of points, took ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 • Various

... throng of youthful humanity, followed by the sentry, who had received orders to abandon his post. On the half-deck, the gun-room officers met the swarm of senior officers issuing from their cabins, mostly clad in pyjamas and uniform caps. The Gunnery-lieutenant was afterwards heard to declare solemnly that he had seen the Paymaster issuing ...

— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman

... the half-deck at the bows, a man who looked always forward, through the night, and the twilight, and the clear morning. He was of no great stature, but broad-breasted and very wide-shouldered, with many signs of strength. He had blue eyes, and dark curled locks falling beneath a red ...

— The World's Desire • H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang