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English
Prepositional phrase
below decks
- (nautical) In or into any of the spaces below the main deck of a vessel.
1817, Maria Edgeworth, chapter 31, in Ormond:[O]n the wind shifting and becoming more violent, the landsmen soon retired below decks.
1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “Under Arrest”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, page 117:Phaidor and I were taken below decks, where, still fast bound, we were thrown into a small compartment which contained a single port-hole.
Translations
below the main deck of a vessel
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