three-deckern.

Etymology: < three-deck: see decker n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-ˈdecker.

a. A three-decked ship; formerly spec. a line-of-battle ship carrying guns on three decks.

ΘΚΠ

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

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > vessel carrying certain number of guns > with guns on two or three decks

three-deck1692

three-decked ship1692

three-decker1789

two-decker1790

double-banked frigate1842

double-banker1867

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 9 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 181 The bason of Toulon, with ranges of three deckers, and other large men of war.

1795 Hull Advertiser 25 July 2/4 Admiral Hotham's large ships, that is, the three deckers.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 403/1 In three-deckers it [the fire hearth] is..on the middle deck.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. xiii, in Maud & Other Poems 7 If..the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam.

b. figurative. Applied to a thing (or person) of great size or importance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > of great importance

a matter of life and (also or) deatha1631

three-decker1835

day1882

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind

swinger1599

rapper1653

thumper1660

whisker1668

spanker1751

slapper1781

whopper1785

skelper1790

smasher1794

pelter1811

swapper1818

jumbo1823

sneezer1823

whacker1825

whanger1825

infant1832

bulger1835

three-decker1835

bouncer1842

snorter1859

whalera1860

plonker1862

bruiser1868

snapper1874

plumper1881

boomer1885

heavy1897

sollicker1898

sanakatowzer1903

Moby Dicka1974

stonker1987

1835 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 34 Pray do write to me: a few lines soon are better than a three-decker a month hence.

1836 E. Howard Rattlin xlv Three deckers—words of Latin or Greek derivation.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxiv He went over to Mrs. Blythe,..and sat down by that majestic three-decker.

1886 E. Dowden Life Shelley (1887) I. iii. 115 Some great three-decker of orthodoxy.

2. transferred. Something consisting of three ranges or divisions: spec.

a. Nickname for the three-storied pulpit formerly in use, consisting of the desk for the clerk, the reading desk, and the pulpit proper, one above another.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > lectern or pulpit > [noun] > three-storied

three-decker1852

1852 A. Mozley in Christian Remembrancer July 92 In the midst of the church stands, elaborately carved, the offensive structure of pulpit, reading-desk, and clerk's desk; in fact, a regular old three-decker in full sail westward.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 56 The Georgian three-decker, the few surviving examples of which are now such objects of scorn.

1910 Gathorne-Hardy Mem. 1st Earl Cranbrook I. 115 In the place now occupied by the present one [chancel arch] the old ‘three-decker’ stood [in 1858].

b. A skirt with three flounces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > other

bases1562

petticoat1661

petticoatie1796

basquine1819

gypsy skirt1871

divided skirt1885

lava-lava1891

saya1899

three-decker1909

harem skirt1910

lappa1954

skort1957

puffball1959

swirl skirt1962

longuette1970

1909 Daily Chron. 3 May 7/4 That graceful form of skirt, which consists of three flounces (known sometimes to the irreverent as a ‘three-decker’).

c. A three-volume novel.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > three-volume novel

three-decker1894

1894 R. Kipling in Sat. Rev. 14 July 44/1 The old three-decker. And the three-volume novel is doomed.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 2/1 The long-winded novel of our forefathers—what you may call the old three-decker of fiction.

d. A three-storey building. U.S. local.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [noun]

pseudodipter1692

pseudodipteron1706

catacomb1884

warren1922

three-decker1942

shotgun1945

triplex1962

bi-level1965

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §83/1 Three- (or more) decker, a building of three, or more, stories.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 465 Vast wooden firetraps called three-deckers in New England, happily blessed with open-air porches.

1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends ii. iii. 151 The flat, the top floor of a Southie three-decker, was large enough.

3. attributive (in senses 1b, 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > skirt > types of

three-decker1898

culotte1911

puffball1953

micro-mini1967

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii A boy..with a three-decker brain.

1890 John Bull 5 Apr. 229/1 In the latter part of the eighteenth and first part of the nineteenth centuries..great ‘three-decker’ pulpits blocked up the chancels.

1898 Daily News 29 Sept. 3/4 The ‘three-decker’ skirt is supplemented by a three-decker cape.

1904 Daily Chron. 27 Apr. 7/4 The winding rope attached to the three-decker cage parted, and it dropped a distance of 2,000 ft.

1926 G. Ade Let. 8 Sept. (1973) 110 While some of us have been building chicken coops.., Mr. Dreiser has been creating sky-scrapers. He makes the old three-decker novel look like a pamphlet.

1981 Notes & Queries June 271/1 The widespread circulation of Evangelical tracts and sermons helped to create a sympathetic readership for the voluminous three-decker novel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	three-decker
释义	three-deckern. Etymology: < three-deck: see decker n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-ˈdecker. 1. a. A three-decked ship; formerly spec. a line-of-battle ship carrying guns on three decks. ΘΚΠ 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 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > vessel carrying certain number of guns > with guns on two or three decks three-deck1692 three-decked ship1692 three-decker1789 two-decker1790 double-banked frigate1842 double-banker1867 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 9 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 181 The bason of Toulon, with ranges of three deckers, and other large men of war. 1795 Hull Advertiser 25 July 2/4 Admiral Hotham's large ships, that is, the three deckers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 403/1 In three-deckers it [the fire hearth] is..on the middle deck. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. xiii, in Maud & Other Poems 7 If..the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam. b. figurative. Applied to a thing (or person) of great size or importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > of great importance a matter of life and (also or) deatha1631 three-decker1835 day1882 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 1835 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 34 Pray do write to me: a few lines soon are better than a three-decker a month hence. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xlv Three deckers—words of Latin or Greek derivation. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxiv He went over to Mrs. Blythe,..and sat down by that majestic three-decker. 1886 E. Dowden Life Shelley (1887) I. iii. 115 Some great three-decker of orthodoxy. 2. transferred. Something consisting of three ranges or divisions: spec. a. Nickname for the three-storied pulpit formerly in use, consisting of the desk for the clerk, the reading desk, and the pulpit proper, one above another. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > lectern or pulpit > [noun] > three-storied three-decker1852 1852 A. Mozley in Christian Remembrancer July 92 In the midst of the church stands, elaborately carved, the offensive structure of pulpit, reading-desk, and clerk's desk; in fact, a regular old three-decker in full sail westward. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 56 The Georgian three-decker, the few surviving examples of which are now such objects of scorn. 1910 Gathorne-Hardy Mem. 1st Earl Cranbrook I. 115 In the place now occupied by the present one [chancel arch] the old ‘three-decker’ stood [in 1858]. b. A skirt with three flounces. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > other bases1562 petticoat1661 petticoatie1796 basquine1819 gypsy skirt1871 divided skirt1885 lava-lava1891 saya1899 three-decker1909 harem skirt1910 lappa1954 skort1957 puffball1959 swirl skirt1962 longuette1970 1909 Daily Chron. 3 May 7/4 That graceful form of skirt, which consists of three flounces (known sometimes to the irreverent as a ‘three-decker’). c. A three-volume novel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > three-volume novel three-decker1894 1894 R. Kipling in Sat. Rev. 14 July 44/1 The old three-decker. And the three-volume novel is doomed. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 2/1 The long-winded novel of our forefathers—what you may call the old three-decker of fiction. d. A three-storey building. U.S. local. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [noun] pseudodipter1692 pseudodipteron1706 catacomb1884 warren1922 three-decker1942 shotgun1945 triplex1962 bi-level1965 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §83/1 Three- (or more) decker, a building of three, or more, stories. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 465 Vast wooden firetraps called three-deckers in New England, happily blessed with open-air porches. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends ii. iii. 151 The flat, the top floor of a Southie three-decker, was large enough. 3. attributive (in senses 1b, 2). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > skirt > types of three-decker1898 culotte1911 puffball1953 micro-mini1967 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii A boy..with a three-decker brain. 1890 John Bull 5 Apr. 229/1 In the latter part of the eighteenth and first part of the nineteenth centuries..great ‘three-decker’ pulpits blocked up the chancels. 1898 Daily News 29 Sept. 3/4 The ‘three-decker’ skirt is supplemented by a three-decker cape. 1904 Daily Chron. 27 Apr. 7/4 The winding rope attached to the three-decker cage parted, and it dropped a distance of 2,000 ft. 1926 G. Ade Let. 8 Sept. (1973) 110 While some of us have been building chicken coops.., Mr. Dreiser has been creating sky-scrapers. He makes the old three-decker novel look like a pamphlet. 1981 Notes & Queries June 271/1 The widespread circulation of Evangelical tracts and sermons helped to create a sympathetic readership for the voluminous three-decker novel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1789
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