quarterdeck
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈkwɔrtərˌdɛk/
- Specialized
:
puente de mando
- Hey, Mills, Mr. Christian wants a word with you on the quarterdeck.
- quarterdeck rail
- quarterdeck watch
Examples
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Larkin stood at the quarterdeck rail, chafing and staring out into the mist.
Fiction book (1994) -
The scene on the quarterdeck was even more chaotic than below.
Fiction book (1992) -
Back to the quarterdeck with you.
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Orders from the quarterdeck.
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Ski got dressed and walked down to the quarterdeck where most of the battalion's senior enlisted Marines were standing around.
Blog text (7) -
On her quarterdeck strode thirty-one-year-old Captain Jones, born John Paul in Kirbean, Scotland, and transplanted to Virginia in his youth.
Academic text (1992) -
Picard and Riker are standing on the quarterdeck as a very wet Beverly Crusher comes up on deck.
Fiction book (1994) -
The tall aristocratic commander of the Boudeuse, in lace ruffles and horizon-blue uniform coat, gazed down from the quarterdeck on the scene.
Fiction book (1991) -
The boatswain watched the first mate stroll across the quarterdeck to the aftcastle, then disappear down the stairs that led to the captain's cabin and the maproom.
Fiction book (1992) -
The captain issued commands from the quarterdeck while the crew prepared the sails.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quarterdeck comes from two simple parts, quarter and deck. Quarter here means a 'part' or 'area' of the ship and deck is the ship's 'floor', so the quarterdeck is the 'part of the deck' near the back where officers stood. That's why it became the place for officers and for ceremonies.