'tween deck

A form of tweendeck — A deck on some merchant ships between the maindeck and the hold.

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Meanings

noun'tween deck (plural 'tween decks)

plural 'tween decks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tweendeck.

    I stole quietly to the combings of the hatchway, which was open, and we looked down into the 'tween decks.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 194
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Chicago

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