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lower deck
[loh-er]
noun
the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
the deck next above the lowermost, or orlop, deck in a hull having four or more decks.
lower deck
noun
the deck of a ship situated immediately above the hold
informalthe petty officers and seamen of a ship collectively
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lower deck1
Example Sentences
In total, five people from the Sea Story were rescued by divers, including a Swiss man and a Finnish woman who had survived in another air pocket inside their cabin on the lower deck.
The passengers were still sitting on the upper deck, with the lower deck used to accommodate all the gas cylinders.
Survivors’ testimonies said that women and children were onboard, too, but on lower decks and unable to escape.
Ninety minutes later, they took a glass-paneled elevator past the two lower decks and went straight to the top of the tower.
I hoped there were no people leaning on the rails of lower decks.
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