Meanings
nountwo-decker (plural two-deckers)
plural two-deckers
- A sail warship, which carried her guns on two fully-armed decks. Usually additional guns were carried on the upper works (forecastle and quarterdeck) but this was not a continuous battery so was not counted. Two-deckers ranged all the way from the small 40-gun fourth-rate up to 80- or even 90-gun ships, with the third-rate or "seventy-four" being the archetype.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of double-decker (“headline covering two lines”).
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Translations
Czech dvojpalubník, dvoupalubník
- dvojpalubníkwarship
- dvoupalubníkwarship
German Zweidecker
- Zweideckerwarship
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APA
two-decker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-decker
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“two-decker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-decker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “two-decker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-decker.
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