through-deckn.adj.2
/ˈθruːdɛk/, U.S. /ˈθruˌdɛk/ A. n.
A deck, esp. a flight deck, which runs the full length of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > decks on aircraft carrier
flight deck1924
flying deck1931
angled deck1952
through-deck1969
1969 Times 18 July 8/8 The design of new warships will incorporate facilitties [sic] for Harriers, known as a through-deck and involving enough space for the Harrier to use short take off and landing.
1994 R. Burcher & L. Rydill Concepts Submarine Design vii. 133 To introduce a single through deck the diameter needs to be slightly more than twice the height of a man.
1997 RUSI Jrnl. Feb. 63/2 The answer was a ship that could launch and land wheeled aircraft on a through deck and with a side island to drive from.
2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 May 25 He..persuaded Labour and Conservative governments to build a new class of anti-submarine cruiser with a through-deck, which would transmogrify into the Invincible class carriers.
B. adj.2
That incorporates a through-deck.Earliest in through-deck cruiser n. at Compounds.
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1969 Guardian 30 Oct. 1/5 Designs for a new class of ‘Through deck’ cruiser which to a layman would look suspiciously like a mini-carrier are already circulating with the Ministry of Defence.
1972 Times 27 Jan. 19/5 The Ministry of Defence, Navy, is interested in the through-deck carrier concept.
1994 W. A. Musciano Warbirds of Sea i. 42/2 HMS Argus..emerged as the world's first through-deck aircraft carrier.
2014 R. A. Bitzinger in T. G. Mahnken & D. Blumenthal Strategy in Asia x. 165 These ships feature through-deck design and below-deck hangars.
Compounds
through-deck cruiser n. British a naval ship that incorporates a through-deck suitable for aircraft.Adoption of the term has been represented as politically motivated avoidance of the term ‘aircraft carrier’.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > aircraft carrier
air carrier1915
aircraft carrier1917
carrier1919
bird farm1942
through-deck cruiser1969
1969 Guardian 30 Oct. 1/5 Designs for a new class of ‘Through deck’ cruiser which to a layman would look suspiciously like a mini-carrier are already circulating with the Ministry of Defence.
1971 Guardian 22 Nov. 12/4 The Royal Navy is now considering the operation of Harriers from a new class of flat topped 19,000-ton ships euphemistically known as ‘Through-deck cruisers’.
1980 A. Preston Warships of World 221/2 Through-deck cruiser, cumbersome term concocted by the Royal Navy to obtain political and Treasury approval for a ship designed to operate helicopters and V/Stol aircraft. The ‘through-deck’ was a euphemism for a full-length flight deck.
2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 7 Oct. 27 Only the introduction of the Sea Harrier and the through-deck cruiser made the retaking of the Falklands possible.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
through-deckadj.1
/ˌθruːˈdɛk/, U.S. /ˌθruˈdɛk/ Of a fitting, component, etc.: that passes through the deck.
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1878 Trans. Inst. Naval Architects 19 163 In yachts, through deck fastenings could not be permitted: even in the waterways I do not put them, because they are not only unsightly but are always liable to leak.
1917 Internat. Marine Engin. Nov. 495/2 The stringer plate..must be able to transmit the horizontal pressure..to the through-deck girders.
1961 Pop. Boating Jan. 302/1 The water-jacketed, through-deck fitting.
2003 D. A. Nethercot Composite Constr. i. 2 Metal decks first appeared in the 1950s, with the first recorded use of through deck stud welding on the Federal State Courthouse in Brooklyn in 1960.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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