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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HALF-DECK

HALF-DECK Half "-deck `, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

 

2. See Half deck, under Deck.

 

HALF-DECKED

HALF-DECKED Half "-decked `, a.

 

Defn: Partially decked. The half-decked craft. .. used by the latter Vikings. Elton.

 

Oxford Dictionary

half-deck

half-deck ▶noun a deck reaching half the length of a ship or boat, fore or aft. DERIVATIVES half-decked adjective