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Definition of Landing deck
1. Noun. The upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway.
Group relationships: Aircraft Carrier, Attack Aircraft Carrier, Carrier, Flattop
Generic synonyms: Deck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landing Deck
Literary usage of Landing deck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"HELICOPTER landing deck MEDICAL AID BOAT more open terrain, Company C on the left
in a field of high grass and cane and Company A on the right in a dry rice ..."
2. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"This boat is built diagonally, of two timbers or floors, and is provided with HI i.
thicknesses of elm plank, without a landing-deck and mast forward. ..."
3. Ancient and Modern Light-houses by David Porter Heap (1888)
"... without timbers or floors, and was provided with a landing-deck and mast forward.
This deck and the gunwale were covered with rough rope matting, ..."
4. Vostok Station: Point of Impact by Kerry Plowright (2005)
"Beneath the landing deck and inside a busy office of valves pumps and hydraulics,
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Kenneth Martin of the USS Clinton, looked at the ..."
5. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"I could see the landing deck, and I let out a deep breath that had been held
inside ever since the first drop. As the roller coaster came to a halt, ..."
6. Manual of Military Aviation by Hollis Leroy Müller (1917)
"An aircraft hangar ship should have an extensive launching and landing deck;
hangar space for housing aircraft; machine, metal, wood, and fabric shops for ..."
7. Manual of Military Aviation by Hollis Leroy Müller (1917)
"An aircraft hangar ship should have an extensive launching and landing deck;
hangar space for housing aircraft; machine, metal, wood, and fabric shops for ..."
8. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1874)
"... Lam is built diagonally of two thicknesses of elm-plank, without timbers or
floor, and is provided in the bow with a landing- deck and stake. ..."
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