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prep.phr. (context nautical English) In or into any of the spaces below the main deck of a vessel.
Usage examples of "below decks".
That they thought of, and that only could they think of as the scream of the bugle stopped dead all work on decks and below decks, in engine-rooms and boiler-rooms, on ammunition lighters and fuel tenders, in the galleys and in the offices.
The ship moved perceptibly, though below decks, where the gunsmoke lingered, no wind cleared the air.
He should have summoned a lieutenant from below decks to replace Haskell, but he decided against it.
Ferraby had not been below decks since the ship came to a stop, and now he was curled up in a blanket at the side of the bridge: he lay on his back, his hands clasped behind his head, his inflated life-jacket ballooning out like some opulent bosom.
It took two hours, and by the time he had finished Ramage was hot and weary: below decks the heat was stifling, even though ventilators and wind sails were rigged.
The few Japanese on board had been banished below decks and he supposed they were making whatever arrangements their false god-emperor required of them.
The Ensign led his men below decks, and they waited on Black Joke's quarterdeck, watching the abandoned dbow through the telescope.
Then, shaking his bead, be made his way below decks into a clamorous atmosphere of Hogge'poa, perfume, sweat, liqueurs, and-of course-polish.