Three-decker: alternatives and connections

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of a…

A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying…

That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- for…

a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.

A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of w…

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two…

A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.

A man-of-war having two gun decks.

A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…

A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in…

A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is ofte…

A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpo…

A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.

A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.

To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the pri…