deck in

English

Verb

deck in (third-person singular simple present decks in, present participle decking in, simple past and past participle decked in)

  1. (transitive, shipbuilding) To cover with decking.
    • 1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 21:
      Four or five feet of the stern was decked in and through this decking protruded a short post called the loggerhead, used for checking the whale line.
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