 Re: deck gun as a verb phrase
Hi forch,
The term "gun deck" originally refers to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily use for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadside.
However in many smaller vessels such as frigates and unrated vessels the upper deck, forecastle and quarter deck bore all of the cannon but were not referred to as the gun deck. The completely covered level under the upper deck was, however, still called the gun deck although it had no guns at all.
The term "gun deck" is also navy slang for fabricating or falsifying something.
It can take on the form of a verb, as in the sentence "He gun decekd the report.".
Regards.
V. |