abovedeck

English

Etymology

From above +‎ deck.

Adverb

abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck)

1. (nautical) On deck.
   • 1983, Steven K. Katona, Valerie Rough, David T. Richardson, A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals of the Gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada, page 20:

     Dress warmly so that you can stay abovedeck in the fresh air.

   • 2004, Courtney Angela Brkic, Stillness: And Other Stories:

     Abovedeck the air had been black with wind.

   • 2010, Cheryl Cooper, Come Looking for Me:

     I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.

Adjective

abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck)

1. (nautical) Located on deck.
   • 1997, Jim Bomar, Gunner's Mate, page 5-44:

     These heating elements allow the gun mount to continue to operate when the abovedeck temperature is as low as 40° C.

   • 2016, Nessi Monstrata, Lagoona Blue and the Big Sea Scarecation:

     The ship's rocking seemed less noticeable below the water's surface, so the first mate recommended that everyone come out of the abovedeck cabins and staterooms to weather the storm in the lower ballrooms.

   • 2016, Michael Kilian, Ironclad Alibi:

     She was easily two hundred fifty feet long, with her dark, forbidding abovedeck casement taking up some two-thirds of that length.

Noun

abovedeck

1. The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
   • 1978, Martin Levin, How to Get from January Through December in Powerboating, page 174:

     It's a good idea to plan these jobs in logical steps, working down from abovedeck to the bilge.

   • 2004, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, From the Heart of the Storm, page 276:

     The brightness from abovedeck made the shadowed interior all the darker.

   • 2015, Sara Orwig, Tides of Passion:

     From abovedeck, shouts could be heard, mingling with the sound of running feet.

Translations

on deck

• Dutch: bovendeks (nl)