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BETWEEN DECKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does between decks mean? 

BETWEEN DECKS (adverb)
  The adverb BETWEEN DECKS has 1 sense:

1. in the space between decks, on a shipplay

  Familiarity information: BETWEEN DECKS used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BETWEEN DECKS (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In the space between decks, on a ship

Synonyms:

'tween decks; between decks


 Context examples 


The captain glared at him for a while, flapped his hand again, glared still harder, and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath, “Silence, there, between decks!”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He then took us down between decks; and there, any lingering fears I had of his having heard any rumours of what had happened, were dispelled by Mr. Micawber's coming out of the gloom, taking his arm with an air of friendship and protection, and telling me that they had scarcely been asunder for a moment, since the night before last.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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