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double-deck [duhb-uh l-dek] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- Also dou·ble-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels: a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.
verb (used with object)
- to add a second deck to (a bridge) or a second level to (a road).
Origin of double-deck An Americanism dating back to 1865–70 Examples from the Web for double-deck Historical Examples of double-deck
About 100 people could be carried in the double-deck cabin, some standing.
Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889
Robert M. Vogel
The street car system is good, cars being of the double-deck type.
Samuel Murray
Going to the cabin they were to share, Sally and Penny undressed and tumbled into the double-deck beds.
Mildred A. Wirt
The flagship was a big, double-deck steamer, 200 feet over all, once used in the coastwise trade.
Boys’ Second Book of Inventions
Ray Stannard Baker
Peering in, they saw a barren room containing a table, a cook stove and double-deck bunks.
Mildred A. Wirt