The Collaborative International Dictionary
Three-decker \Three"-deck`er\, n. (Naut.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks 2 A sandwich made from three slices of bread; a triple-decker
WordNet
n. made with three slices of usually toasted bread [syn: club sandwich, triple-decker]
any ship having three decks
a warship carrying guns on three decks
Wikipedia
A three-decker is a sail warship which carried her guns on three fully armed decks. Usually additional guns were carried on the upper works (forecastle and quarterdeck), but this was not a continuous battery and so did not count. Three-deckers were usually " ships of the line", i.e. of sufficient strength to participate in the line of battle, and in the rating system of the Royal Navy were generally classed as first or second rate, although from the mid-1690s until the 1750s the larger third rates were also three-deckers.
Three-decker may refer to:
In architecture:
- a three-story dwelling with an apartment on each floor, also known as a triple-decker
- a pulpit on three levels, with different usages during a church service for each level, often found in 18th-century churches in England and restorations dating to that time.
In food:
- a sandwich that consists of three pieces of bread and two layers of filling, also known as a triple-decker
In naval history:
- Three-decker, a wooden ship having three decks, especially one of a class of sail-powered warships with guns on three decks
In publishing:
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Three-volume novel, three books by one author bound in one volume
- The Thorne Smith Three-Decker, by Thorne Smith
- a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme, also known as a trilogy or a triple-decker
Usage examples of "three-decker".
Collingwood's big three-decker, the Royal Sovereign, newly come from England with her freshly coppered bottom, was sailing faster than the other ships so that a gap had opened between her and the rest of Collingwood's squadron.
Collingwood’s big three-decker, the Royal Sovereign, newly come from England with her freshly coppered bottom, was sailing faster than the other ships so that a gap had opened between her and the rest of Collingwood’s squadron.
Hornblower's imagination was hard at work trying to calculate, on quite insufficient data, the rate of drift he could expect and the possible distance the Sutherland would be able to tow the dismasted three-decker in the time granted.
A creaky three-decker bunk bed had been carried onto the verandah for their comfort.
At least two dozen great yards from the three-deckers had been lowered into the sea and towed to the mast house quay, where they had been hoisted up for repairs.
She was an eighty-four, with dimensions and scantlings worthy of a three-decker.
He awoke at midday and walked down the road to a cafeteria where the short-order cook fixed him a delicious three-decker western sandwich and coffee.