Meanings
plural deckhouses
- A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
Then, through his web of contacts, he was told that the Nightingale’s original deckhouse was being used as a cottage on a private island outside of Kragero, Norway, a shipbuilding port.
2008 January 4, Wendy Moonan, “The Auction Block Is the Next Stop for a Well-Traveled Lady”, in New York Times1 more example
Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him. As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deckhouse as the following roll began.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian ру́бка
- ру́бка (rúbka)cabin on the deck of a boat
Dutch roef
- roefcabin on the deck of a boat
Finnish kansirakennus
- kansirakennuscabin on the deck of a boat
French rouf
- roufcabin on the deck of a boat
German Deckhaus, Deckshaus
- Deckhauscabin on the deck of a boat
- Deckshauscabin on the deck of a boat
Irish teach deice
- teach deicecabin on the deck of a boat
Māori pakokori
- pakokoricabin on the deck of a boat
Polish pokładówka, nadbudówka
- pokładówkacabin on the deck of a boat
- nadbudówkacabin on the deck of a boat
Russian ру́бка
- ру́бка (rúbka)cabin on the deck of a boat
Spanish caseta de cubierta
- caseta de cubiertacabin on the deck of a boat
Swedish däckshus
- däckshuscabin on the deck of a boat
Ukrainian ру́бка
- ру́бка (rúbka)cabin on the deck of a boat
Cite this entry
deckhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deckhouse
“deckhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deckhouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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