˜yÐÄvlog

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deck load

noun

Nautical.
  1. cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deck load1

First recorded in 1750–60
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One Sunday, while the crew was ashore, and the captain had gone to a farm-holding near the forest, in order to bargain for small timber and log wood—presumably on his own account—for a deck load, the youth had been left to guard the ship.

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She was loaded with staves, and a great hole was made in the deck load, within which Mason was snugly stowed away, while the staves were piled over him again.

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The brig at one time was so nearly capsized that her deck load had rolled to one side and held her in an inclined position.

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The captain ordered most of the deck load, which consisted chiefly of Chicago liquors, thrown overboard.

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With spray gun and grease gun. the women coated the glass of vehicles destined for deck load so no warning reflection would betray the convoy, smeared the underparts for protection against salt spray.

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