half-deckern.
/ˌhɑːfˈdɛkə/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈdɛkər/ A vessel with a deck covering about half its length or surface area. Cf. half-decked adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific number or type of decks
forestage ship?1345
three-decker1789
two-decker1834
half-decker1872
well-decker1882
spar-decker1893
flush-decker1937
1828 Times 1 May 3/4 A pleasure-boat of the class usually termed ‘half-deckers,’..left the river on a marine excursion for Kingstown.
1924 Manch. Guardian 25 Apr. 9/6 The youth went out alone in an 18-foot half-decker, and met a sudden strong south-westerly gale.
2005 G. M. Flynn Currach Race & Other Stories vi. 39 A mere five miles out, I reckoned accurately, three small half-deckers were net-fishing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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half-ˈdecker
half-ˈdecker n. a boat which is half-decked.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific number or type of decks
forestage ship?1345
three-decker1789
two-decker1834
half-decker1872
well-decker1882
spar-decker1893
flush-decker1937
1872 Daily News 3 Aug. The smaller boats, the wherries and the half-deckers, resembled a collection of small white tents.
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