poop deck

a weather deck on top of a poop.

Origin of poop deck

First recorded in 1830–40

After its poop-deck debacle, Carnival slashed the price of its cruises to just $38 a night.

16 Surprising Things Now More Expensive Than a Night on a Carnival Cruise |Kevin Fallon |April 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
On the poop-deck was a familiar figure, short, rotund and blue.

Aliens |William McFee
Trask found Captain Jarrow pacing the weather side of the poop-deck when he went up.

Isle o' Dreams |Frederick F. Moore
The carpenter had built a false deck, extending from the poop-deck to the chart-room.

South! |Sir Ernest Shackleton

We are under an air-shaft running up to the poop-deck, and we may go no further.

An Ocean Tramp |William McFee
They could see busy figures aboard, and as they drew nearer Captain Jarrow appeared on the poop-deck smoking a cigar.

Isle o' Dreams |Frederick F. Moore

poop deck

nautical the deck on top of the poop