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well deck

noun

Definition of well deck

: a space on the weather deck of a ship lying at a lower level between a raised forecastle or poop and the bridge superstructure

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 Its most impressive feature is the cavernous well deck, deep in the bowels of the vessel. — Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright And Hidetaka Sato, CNN, "A floating 'military city': Life aboard the USS Ashland," 4 Nov. 2017

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First Known Use of well deck

1759, in the meaning defined above

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