Berth deck


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the deck next below the lower gun deck.
(Navy) a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung.

See also: Berth, Deck

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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