lower deckn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌləʊə ˈdɛk/, U.S.

/ˌloʊər ˈdɛk/

Forms: see lower adj., n.¹, and adv. and deck n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lower adj., deck n.¹

Etymology: < lower adj. + deck n.¹ Compare upper deck n. and adj..

Nautical.

A. n.

1. The deck, or each of the decks, situated immediately above the hold or the orlop deck (see note at orlop n.¹). Cf. deck n.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > lower deck

lower deck1596

orlop1627

hollop1751

under-deck1826

1596 tr. Deligtful Hist. Celestina vi. 54 The lower decke of Marcomyrs ship.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 12 I see a man that's in the lower deck, Hard fast asleepe, not fearing storme nor leck.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) The Howld of a Ship, the Room between the Keilson and lower Decks.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 270 In the lower Deck they had a very convenient Pump.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Platform, or Orlop, in a Man of War, is a Place on the Lower Deck of her.

1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 2 The ports of the said lower-deck to be grated on the inside.

1814 D. H. O'Brien Narr. Captivity & Escape 7 On our arrival on board, the water was nearly square with the combings of the lower deck.

1869 Daily News 12 June The lower deck, where the officers and crew are berthed.

1921 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 9 Feb. 7/5 The inhabitants of the lower deck had taken advantage of the fine weather to air themselves.

1987 M. Ondaatje In Skin of Lion (1988) 35 He slips into openings on the lower deck, tackles himself up to bridge level.

2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day viii. 314 Scrubbing the lower decks on Wednesdays.

2. British Navy. Chiefly with the. Those sailors having their accommodation on the lower deck; the non-commissioned officers and crew of a ship collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > sailors of lower ranks or classes

foremast man1626

seaman1702

guinea pig1748

foremast seaman1793

full man1860

lower deck1874

1874 Belfast News-let. 4 Apr. 4/9 An officer of twelve or thirteen years' seniority may thus receive only the same rate of pay as one just promoted from the lower deck.

1919 Manch. Guardian 13 June 4/2 (heading) Admiral Beatty's plea for the lower deck.

1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgment xiii. 38 More..had come to the Police via the Lower Deck of the Royal Navy.

1981 A. Carew Lower Deck of Royal Navy x. 205 Only from the class-ridden perspective of the naval hierarchy could the demands of the lower deck be seen as particularly radical.

2007 J. Mulvaney Axe had never Sounded i. 4 Ensign..[was] the title then given to sub-lieutenants who were promoted from the lower deck.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of, belonging to, or situated on the lower deck. Frequently hyphenated.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adjective] > types of deck

flush1626

lower deck1709

cambering1758

1709 London Gaz. No. 4521/2 We fired, with the utmost Vigour,..part of our Lower-deck Guns.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 246 The lower-deck ports were then opened.

1819 J. Ross Voy. Discov. Baffin's Bay p. xviii Hooks and ekeings were placed in the bows above the lower-deck hook.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1772/1 Port-pendant, a tackle to trice the lid of a lower-deck port.

1902 A. S. Hurd How our Navy is Run 115 The feeding of a battleship like the Majestic..with its 700 lower deck men, requires about £30 a day.

1951 Eng. Hist. Rev. 66 558 The lower deck guns of the Foudroyant.

2001 Chicago Tribune 9 Sept. viii. 1 (caption) Passengers on the higher decks can look onto lower-deck balconies.

2. British Navy. Of or characteristic of sailors accommodated on the lower deck, as distinguished from the captain and other commissioned officers.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > characteristic of lower grade sailor

swabberly1596

foremast1823

lower deck1912

1912 Mariner′s Mirror 2 221/1 ‘Ding-bat’ was, and probably still is, lower-deck slang for a swab for drying the decks.

1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses i. 16 Commissioned officers in His Majesty's Navy..sympathizing with..a lower-deck mutiny.

1981 A. Carew Lower Deck of Royal Navy iii. 52 The prospect of unrefined lower-deck wives entering the social mileu [sic] of the wardroom.

2008 R. Blake Evangelicals in Royal Navy vii. 225 An officer's religious eccentricity might become the stuff of lower-deck ribaldry behind his back.

Compounds

lower deck rating n. British Navy a non-commissioned naval rank; an officer holding such a rank.

ΚΠ

1876 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Aug. 2/2 Of what use is it promoting men from the lower-deck ratings and making them officers if..they are to be treated as if they still held their lower-deck ratings?

1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 11 Apr. 3/7 The great discontent expressed and felt by the lower deck ratings of the Naval Service.

1955 Times 28 Dec. 11/3 Receiving early advancement through the lower deck ratings, he became a warrant officer.

a2005 R. Hounsome Very Nearly Man (2006) xiii. 176 An erstwhile lower deck rating whose mother wasn't even married.

Derivatives

† lower ˈdecker n. Obsolete a gun situated on the lower deck of a man-of-war (also figurative); cf. main-decker n. at main deck n. Derivatives, quarterdecker n. (a).

ΚΠ

?1745 Medway, in Lisbon River 4 July 2 We fir'd three of our lower Deckers.

1781 Naval Chron. 11 287 Double breech'd the lower deckers.

1830 Ipswich Jrnl. 21 Aug. Then he opens upon me the lower deckers of personal invective.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lower deck
释义	lower deckn.adj. Brit. /ˌləʊə ˈdɛk/, U.S. /ˌloʊər ˈdɛk/ Forms: see lower adj., n.¹, and adv. and deck n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lower adj., deck n.¹ Etymology: < lower adj. + deck n.¹ Compare upper deck n. and adj.. Nautical. A. n. 1. The deck, or each of the decks, situated immediately above the hold or the orlop deck (see note at orlop n.¹). Cf. deck n.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > lower deck lower deck1596 orlop1627 hollop1751 under-deck1826 1596 tr. Deligtful Hist. Celestina vi. 54 The lower decke of Marcomyrs ship. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 12 I see a man that's in the lower deck, Hard fast asleepe, not fearing storme nor leck. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) The Howld of a Ship, the Room between the Keilson and lower Decks. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 270 In the lower Deck they had a very convenient Pump. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Platform, or Orlop, in a Man of War, is a Place on the Lower Deck of her. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 2 The ports of the said lower-deck to be grated on the inside. 1814 D. H. O'Brien Narr. Captivity & Escape 7 On our arrival on board, the water was nearly square with the combings of the lower deck. 1869 Daily News 12 June The lower deck, where the officers and crew are berthed. 1921 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 9 Feb. 7/5 The inhabitants of the lower deck had taken advantage of the fine weather to air themselves. 1987 M. Ondaatje In Skin of Lion (1988) 35 He slips into openings on the lower deck, tackles himself up to bridge level. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day viii. 314 Scrubbing the lower decks on Wednesdays. 2. British Navy. Chiefly with the. Those sailors having their accommodation on the lower deck; the non-commissioned officers and crew of a ship collectively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > sailors of lower ranks or classes foremast man1626 seaman1702 guinea pig1748 foremast seaman1793 full man1860 lower deck1874 1874 Belfast News-let. 4 Apr. 4/9 An officer of twelve or thirteen years' seniority may thus receive only the same rate of pay as one just promoted from the lower deck. 1919 Manch. Guardian 13 June 4/2 (heading) Admiral Beatty's plea for the lower deck. 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgment xiii. 38 More..had come to the Police via the Lower Deck of the Royal Navy. 1981 A. Carew Lower Deck of Royal Navy x. 205 Only from the class-ridden perspective of the naval hierarchy could the demands of the lower deck be seen as particularly radical. 2007 J. Mulvaney Axe had never Sounded i. 4 Ensign..[was] the title then given to sub-lieutenants who were promoted from the lower deck. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of, belonging to, or situated on the lower deck. Frequently hyphenated. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adjective] > types of deck flush1626 lower deck1709 cambering1758 1709 London Gaz. No. 4521/2 We fired, with the utmost Vigour,..part of our Lower-deck Guns. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 246 The lower-deck ports were then opened. 1819 J. Ross Voy. Discov. Baffin's Bay p. xviii Hooks and ekeings were placed in the bows above the lower-deck hook. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1772/1 Port-pendant, a tackle to trice the lid of a lower-deck port. 1902 A. S. Hurd How our Navy is Run 115 The feeding of a battleship like the Majestic..with its 700 lower deck men, requires about £30 a day. 1951 Eng. Hist. Rev. 66 558 The lower deck guns of the Foudroyant. 2001 Chicago Tribune 9 Sept. viii. 1 (caption) Passengers on the higher decks can look onto lower-deck balconies. 2. British Navy. Of or characteristic of sailors accommodated on the lower deck, as distinguished from the captain and other commissioned officers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > characteristic of lower grade sailor swabberly1596 foremast1823 lower deck1912 1912 Mariner′s Mirror 2 221/1 ‘Ding-bat’ was, and probably still is, lower-deck slang for a swab for drying the decks. 1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses i. 16 Commissioned officers in His Majesty's Navy..sympathizing with..a lower-deck mutiny. 1981 A. Carew Lower Deck of Royal Navy iii. 52 The prospect of unrefined lower-deck wives entering the social mileu [sic] of the wardroom. 2008 R. Blake Evangelicals in Royal Navy vii. 225 An officer's religious eccentricity might become the stuff of lower-deck ribaldry behind his back. Compounds lower deck rating n. British Navy a non-commissioned naval rank; an officer holding such a rank. ΚΠ 1876 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Aug. 2/2 Of what use is it promoting men from the lower-deck ratings and making them officers if..they are to be treated as if they still held their lower-deck ratings? 1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 11 Apr. 3/7 The great discontent expressed and felt by the lower deck ratings of the Naval Service. 1955 Times 28 Dec. 11/3 Receiving early advancement through the lower deck ratings, he became a warrant officer. a2005 R. Hounsome Very Nearly Man (2006) xiii. 176 An erstwhile lower deck rating whose mother wasn't even married. Derivatives † lower ˈdecker n. Obsolete a gun situated on the lower deck of a man-of-war (also figurative); cf. main-decker n. at main deck n. Derivatives, quarterdecker n. (a). ΚΠ ?1745 Medway, in Lisbon River 4 July 2 We fir'd three of our lower Deckers. 1781 Naval Chron. 11 287 Double breech'd the lower deckers. 1830 Ipswich Jrnl. 21 Aug. Then he opens upon me the lower deckers of personal invective. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1596
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