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deckhouse en · NOUN

Etymology

From deck + house.

Meanings

1. A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
   • 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:
   • 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 Times:

Forms

Relateds

which may be the same on some vessels · which may and may not be the same · wheelhouse · living cabin

Translations (14)

de Deckhaus (cabin on the deck of a boat) · es caseta de cubierta (cabin on the deck of a boat) · fr rouf (cabin on the deck of a boat) · bg ру́бка (cabin on the deck of a boat) · nl roef (cabin on the deck of a boat) · ga teach deice (cabin on the deck of a boat) · ru ру́бка (cabin on the deck of a boat) · sv däckshus (cabin on the deck of a boat) · pl nadbudówka (cabin on the deck of a boat) · mi pakokori (cabin on the deck of a boat) · pl pokładówka (cabin on the deck of a boat) · de Deckshaus (cabin on the deck of a boat) · fi kansirakennus (cabin on the deck of a boat) · uk ру́бка (cabin on the deck of a boat)