Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ship-building, the steel or iron plates forming the covering of a deck, considered collectively.

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Examples

  • Reaves wasn't even halfway out of his seat when a phaser-bolt melted the deck-plating between his feet.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Reaves wasn't even halfway out of his seat when a phaser-bolt melted the deck-plating between his feet.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Reaves wasn’t even halfway out of his seat when a phaser-bolt melted the deck-plating between his feet.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Reaves wasn’t even halfway out of his seat when a phaser-bolt melted the deck-plating between his feet.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Reaves wasn’t even halfway out of his seat when a phaser-bolt melted the deck-plating between his feet.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

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