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the quarterdeck
noun
The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers
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The aftercastle was superseded by the quarterdeck.
"His manner and outlook smacked of the quarterdeck," wrote Lambert.
Dressed differently, they could have been swabbies on the quarterdeck, a cluster of comrades.
Will the following report to the quarterdeck with your I.D. card.
And then: "The following individuals report to the quarterdeck with your I.D. card.
Climbing to the quarterdeck, Snelgrave was attacked by another pirate, this time with a sword.
Commander Lippold also decided against having officers stand watch on the bridge, assigning them instead to the quarterdeck.
The captain, peacocking a bit in his waistcoat on the quarterdeck, tucked the Adventure Galley into a neat opening amid the forest of masts of idle merchant ships.
Captain Reynolds invited me up to the quarterdeck, reserved for him and the officers; traditionally, officers have delivered orders from the elevated position of a ship's quarterdeck.
The crew of his flagship, the Burford, used to call him Old Grog, because of a grogram boat cloak that he wore on the quarterdeck.
By "Time: Plus Eleven," the list of the missing had shrunk to just two: "The following individuals report to the quarterdeck with your I.D. card.
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