The Collaborative International Dictionary
Half-decked
Half-decked \Half"-decked`\ (-d[e^]kt), a. Partially decked.
The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings.
--Elton.
Usage examples of "half-decked".
Almost without exception his pals in Fowey had laid their yachts up, and there was not much fun knocking about in the harbour or spending comfortless hours in the Channel in an open or half-decked boat.
He picked up the box—not a head at least, too light—walked down to the edge of the water where the dragon-boat was edging in, leapt from shore to oar to thwart, and strolled toward Ivar standing on the half-decked prow, near the giant ton-and-a-half weight of his machine.