weather deck

noun
1.
(on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
Origin
1840-50
Examples from the web for weather deck
  • They found that all weather deck hatches were left open.
  • Units exposed to weather deck areas shall receive two coats of primer and one.
  • Electrical connections for portable lights must be made from outlets on the weather deck.
  • Cargo deck area means that part of the weather deck that is directly over the cargo tanks.
  • Explore the weather deck where the sailors worked and the dark and cramped spaces below where the colonists lived.
  • Connections to tanks installed below the weather deck shall be made to a trunk or dome extending above the weather deck.