WordNet
deck-house
n. a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship
Usage examples of "deck-house".
As far as Holmsby could see, she carried no guns, but on each side of the for'ard deck-house was a search-light, capable of throwing a beam well ahead with a good elevation, abeam, or vertically downwards.
Boats were smashed, funnels were buckled, bridges and deck-houses were crushed out of shape: men disappeared overboard without trace and without a cry, sponged out of life like figures wiped from a blackboard at a single imperious stroke.