LOWER DECK Definition & Meaning

lower deck

[ loh-er ]

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noun

Nautical.

the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
the deck next above the lowermost, or orlop, deck in a hull having four or more decks.

lower deck

noun

the deck of a ship situated immediately above the hold
informal.
the petty officers and seamen of a ship collectively

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lower deck¹

First recorded in 1700–10

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In total, five people from the Sea Story were rescued by divers, including a Swiss man and a Finnish woman who had survived in another air pocket inside their cabin on the lower deck.

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The passengers were still sitting on the upper deck, with the lower deck used to accommodate all the gas cylinders.

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Survivors’ testimonies said that women and children were onboard, too, but on lower decks and unable to escape.

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Ninety minutes later, they took a glass-paneled elevator past the two lower decks and went straight to the top of the tower.

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I hoped there were no people leaning on the rails of lower decks.

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