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quar·ter·deck

(kwôr′tər-dĕk′)

The after part of the upper deck of a ship, usually reserved for officers.

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quarterdeck

(ˈkwɔːtəˌdɛk)

(Nautical Terms) nautical the after part of the weather deck of a ship, traditionally the deck on a naval vessel for official or ceremonial use

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quar•ter•deck

(ˈkwɔr tərˌdɛk)

n.

the part of the weather deck of a vessel that runs from the midship area to the stern.

[1620–30]

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quarterdeck - the stern area of a ship's upper deck

deck - any of various platforms built into a vessel

shelter deck, weather deck - upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below

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quarterdeck

[ˈkwɔːtədek] N → alcázar m

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quarterdeck

quarter-deck [ˈkwɔː^rtə^rdɛk] n → plage f arrièrequarter-final quarterfinal [ˌkwɔː^rtə^rˈfaɪn^əl] (US) n → quart m de finalequarter-finalist [ˌkwɔː^rtə^rˈfaɪn^əlɪst] n → quart de finaliste mfquarter-hour [ˌkwɔː^rtə^rˈaʊə^r] n (period of time) → quart m d'heure

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Playing whist by the cabin lamps when it is storming outside is pleasant; walking the quarterdeck in the moonlight is pleasant; smoking in the breezy foretop is pleasant when one is not afraid to go up there; but these are all feeble and commonplace compared with the joy of seeing people suffering the miseries of seasickness.

At one time I was climbing up the quarterdeck when the vessel's stem was in the sky; I was smoking a cigar and feeling passably comfortable.

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The captain and the lieutenant mounted the quarterdeck.

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The confined space of the little vessel's quarterdeck would lend itself to her cross-legged attitudes, and the blue sea would balance gently her characteristic immobility that seemed to hide thoughts as old and profound as itself.

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1757: Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad on the quarterdeck of HMS Monarch for failing to "do his utmost" to lift the siege of Minorca: Byng's fleet had returned to Gibraltar for repairs after fighting a losing battle with a French fleet and Minorca had fallen in the meantime.

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The Naples smog cloyed the ship's quarterdeck at the head of the brow where the in-port officer of the deck, an inconsequential ensign, was already in position to manage the ship's business while tied up to a pier.