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Definition of "undecked" [un•decked]

  • Not decorated; unornamented. (adjective)
  • Having no deck. Used of a ship or boat. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "undecked" in a sentence
  • "Trelawny wrote: "Shelley's was an undecked open boat, schooner rigged… and… being undecked… she would have sunk in two minutes" (letter to The Times, London, 3 January 1876)."
  • "Besides these, there were the Dredgermen, who, under pretence of dredging up coals and such like from the bottom of the river, hung about barges and other undecked craft, and when they saw an opportunity, threw any property they could lay their hands on overboard: in order slyly to dredge it up when the vessel was gone."
  • "Upon the seas one must go in a little undecked sailing boat, that may be rowed in a calm; all the other journeys one must do afoot, none aiding."
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