poop deck

noun

A high, exposed deck at the stern of a ship on top of the cabin(s).

“Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel”

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Meanings

nounpoop deck (plural poop decks)

plural poop decks

  1. nauticalA high, exposed deck at the stern of a ship on top of the cabin(s).

    Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel

    1 more example

    The vessel appears strongly constructed of seasoned white oak timber, the bow bluff-headed, while aft the poop-deck has a rise which takes in the mizzenmast and pump.

    1938, George Wharton Rice, The Shipping Days of Old Boothbay from the Revolution to the World War, page 49

Origin

From poop (“the stern of a ship”) + deck. Unrelated to "poop" for feces.

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Translations

Catalan toldilla
  • toldillastern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Chinese Mandarin 艉樓甲板 /艉楼甲板, 後甲板 /后甲板
  • 艉樓甲板 /艉楼甲板 (wěilóu jiǎbǎn)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • 後甲板 /后甲板 (hòujiǎbǎn)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Dutch campagnedek
  • campagnedekstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Esperanto poŭpo, pobo
  • poŭpostern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • pobostern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Finnish puuppikansi, hyttikansi
  • puuppikansistern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • hyttikansistern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • peräkorokestern deck on top of the cabin(s)
French dunette
  • dunettestern deck on top of the cabin(s)
German Poop, Poopdeck
  • Poopstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • Poopdeckstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • Achterdeckstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Greek επίστεγο
  • επίστεγο (epístego)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Hebrew סִפּוּן בֵּית הַאַחְרָה
  • סִפּוּן בֵּית הַאַחְרָה (sipun beyt ha-akhrah)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Irish deic dheiridh
  • deic dheiridhstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Japanese 船尾楼甲板
  • 船尾楼甲板 (senbirō kanpan)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Korean 후갑판, 선미갑판
  • 후갑판 (hugap'pan)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • 선미갑판 (seonmigap'pan)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Norwegian Bokmål poopdekk
  • poopdekkstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Polish achterdek
  • achterdekstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Portuguese castelo de popa
  • castelo de popastern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Russian ют, полую́т
  • ют (jut)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • полую́т (polujút)stern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Spanish castillo de popa
  • castillo de popastern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Swedish hyttdäck, poop
  • hyttdäckstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
  • poopstern deck on top of the cabin(s)
Cite this entry
APA

poop deck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poop%20deck

MLA

“poop deck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poop%20deck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poop deck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poop%20deck.

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