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comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck
(nautical) On deck. quotations examples
Dress warmly so that you can stay abovedeck in the fresh air.
1983, Steven K. Katona, Valerie Rough, David T. Richardson, A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals of the Gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada, page 20
Abovedeck the air had been black with wind.
2004, Courtney Angela Brkic, Stillness: And Other Stories
I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.
2010, Cheryl Cooper, Come Looking for Me
(nautical) Located on deck. quotations examples
These heating elements allow the gun mount to continue to operate when the abovedeck temperature is as low as 40° C.
1997, Jim Bomar, Gunner's Mate, page 5-44
The ship's rocking seemed less noticeable below the water's surface, so the first mate recommended that everyone come out of the abovedeck cabins and staterooms to weather the storm in the lower ballrooms.
2016, Nessi Monstrata, Lagoona Blue and the Big Sea Scarecation
She was easily two hundred fifty feet long, with her dark, forbidding abovedeck casement taking up some two-thirds of that length.
2016, Michael Kilian, Ironclad Alibi
The area on a boat that is abovedeck. quotations examples
It's a good idea to plan these jobs in logical steps, working down from abovedeck to the bilge.
1978, Martin Levin, How to Get from January Through December in Powerboating, page 174
The brightness from abovedeck made the shadowed interior all the darker.
2004, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, From the Heart of the Storm, page 276
From abovedeck, shouts could be heard, mingling with the sound of running feet.
2015, Sara Orwig, Tides of Passion