Definition of "afterdeck" [afterdeck]

• The part of a ship's deck past amidships toward the stern. (noun)

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.

• "For prime sunset views, while away the evening at Louie's Backyard, where the "afterdeck" bar and dining area overlook the Atlantic Ocean."
• "Chapter Thirteen Brother Cadfael walked the crest of the dunes in the early evening of the third day, and saw the Danish cargo ships beached in the shallows below him, and the line of men, stripped half-naked to wade from shore to ships, ferrying the barrels of silver pence aboard, and stowing them under foredeck and afterdeck."
• "Some crew members spotted him at 4: 25 a.m. standing on the main afterdeck 10 yards from his stateroom window."