poop deck en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From poop (“the stern of a ship”) + deck.
Meanings
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A high, exposed deck at the stern of a ship on top of the cabin(s).
Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
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:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| poop decks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (29)
nl campagnedek (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · sh kȁsar (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · fi puuppikansi (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · sh ка̏сар (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · cmn 艉樓甲板 /艉楼甲板 (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · fi peräkoroke (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · he סִפּוּן בֵּית הַאַחְרָה (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ca toldilla (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · es castillo de popa (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · cmn 後甲板 /后甲板 (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ru полую́т (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · de Poop (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · el επίστεγο (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · sv hyttdäck (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · eo pobo (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · no poopdekk (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · eo poŭpo (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · pt castelo de popa (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ko 선미갑판 (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · de Poopdeck (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · fr dunette (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ko 후갑판 (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · fi hyttikansi (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · de Achterdeck (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · sv poop (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ja 船尾楼甲板 (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · pl achterdek (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ru ют (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) · ga deic dheiridh (stern deck on top of the cabin(s))