† fore-deckn.
Obsolete.figurative.1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B3 Because the foredecke and hindecke of all our Opposites probations, doe resolve and rest finally into the Auctority of a Law.
The deck at the fore-part of a ship; the fore-part of the deck.
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1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iii. f. 10v The God..out of the foredecke cast His eye vppon the sea.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xx. 73 The remainder..retired in disorder towards the foredeck.
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 306 At the stern and on the foredeck.
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