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Definition of Decking
1. material for a ship's deck [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decking
Literary usage of Decking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... St. Cyprian, and the Apostolic Constitutions (I, iii) protest against the
ostentation of Christians in decking themselves with rings and gems. ..."
2. Lumber Manufacture in the Douglas Fir Region by Howard B. Oakleaf (1920)
"Pir ship decking is graded No. 1 Clr. in accordance with the following specification
... The standard products are car decking or flooring, car sills, ..."
3. Lumber Manufacture in the Douglas Fir Region by Howard B. Oakleaf (1920)
"Fir ship decking is graded No. 1 Clr. in accordance with the following specification
... The standard products are car decking or flooring, car sills, ..."
4. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"EVERGREEN-decking AT CHRISTMAS. " From every hedge is pluck'd by eager hands The
holly branch with prickly leaves replete And fraught with berries of a ..."
5. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"The scene probably represented the decking of the statue of Min and was a pendant
of the scene on the opposite wall where the king was decking the statue of ..."
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