Two-decker
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Two-decker is a noun meaning (journalism) Synonym of double-decker (“headline covering two lines”).
Meaning
(journalism) Synonym of double-decker (“headline covering two lines”).
More Meanings
- A sail warship, which carried her guns on two fully-armed decks. Usually additional guns were carried on the upper works (forecastle and quarterdeck) but this was not a continuous battery so was not counted. Two-deckers ranged all the way from the small 40-gun fourth-rate up to 80- or even 90-gun ships, with the third-rate or "seventy-four" being the archetype.
Word Forms
- two-deckers
Synonyms for two-decker
Depending on context, synonyms include double-decker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include double-decker, gundeck, tweendeck, tweendecker, quarter deck, semi-dreadnought.
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