boat deck

a superstructure deck on which most of the lifeboats of a ship are stowed.

Origin of boat deck

First recorded in 1925–30

A figure well known to us all crossed the gangway and climbed to the boat-deck of our steam tender.

With Botha in the Field |Eric Moore Ritchie
He got aboard secretly and worked his way up from hold to boat-deck.

The Voice in the Fog |Harold MacGrath
Kasia did not return to the rendezvous on the after boat-deck.

The Destroyer |Burton Egbert Stevenson
The officer ordered the Lascars to take the mattress and throw it on the boat-deck, where it would dry quickly when the sun rose.

Parrot & Co. |Harold MacGrath

He came onto the boat-deck in the rear of the saloon passengers already gathered there.

Sonnie-Boy's People |James B. Connolly

boat deck

the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept