between-decks, adv. and n.
(bɪˈtwiːndɛks)
[f. between prep. + deck.]
A. adv. In the space or spaces between the decks of a ship.
| 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 77 One or two of them..got between decks among our men. 1844 Regul. & Ord. Army 340 No washing between decks is to take place oftener than once a week. |
B. n. The space or spaces themselves.
| 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) Couradoux, between-decks; the space betwixt any two decks of a ship. 1840 R. Dana Bef. Mast. xxii. 67 These between-decks were holy-stoned regularly. 1852 Ross Humboldt's Trav. iii. 141 They considered the between-decks of the ship as infected. |