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Definition of Deckhouses
1. deckhouse [n] - See also: deckhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deckhouses
Literary usage of Deckhouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of General Average by Richard Lowndes, Edward Louis De Hart, George Rupert Rudolf, William Robertson Coe (1912)
"Cargo in deckhouses. §10. It has been questioned whether cargo in the Cargo iu
poop or forecastle, or in deckhouses, or other spaces \-c. covered in above ..."
2. Transactions by Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.) (1893)
"The best method of construction would be to so arrange deckhouses and erections that
... The only other way out of the difficulty is to cut the deckhouses ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"... and their closing with leather cushions ; the superstructure and upper decking ;
ballast and bilge ; and deckhouses and turrets. As to these last, ..."
4. Steam-ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day by R. A. Fletcher (1910)
"The accommodation of officers and engineers is fitted in midship deckhouses and
side houses. Much more attention is now paid to the ventilation of the holds ..."
5. Transactions of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (1904)
"There is difference of opinion as to the extent to which erections such as poops,
forecastles, and deckhouses, should be taken into account in calculations ..."
6. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1911)
"All exterior woodwork on the craft is of teak, the deckhouses being of steel with
teak roofs. The deckhouses, however, are comparatively small and the craft ..."
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