Definition of "quarterdecks" []

• Plural form of quarterdeck. (noun)

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• "But thanks to the outlawing of DDT and other state and federal protective measures, the bird's population has rebounded and today can be found in Louisiana on piers and quarterdecks as well as merely on quarters."
• "Jones was used to sullen quarterdecks, but the one he mounted aboard the Russian ship of the line was openly defiant."
• "On the big ships, bands played and sailors mobbed sacrosanct quarterdecks."