Poop deck of the HMS Surprise replica ship
In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship.
poop deck - A boat's aft deck.
pooped - A wave that breaks over the stern of the boat.
Poop Deck
The deck at the furthest back of a ship. Usually above the captain's quarters, the poop deck was usually the highest deck of the ship
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Aft part of a vessel where the steering engine is located.
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poop - The raised part of a vessel at her extreme after end. To be pooped is when running before the wind a sea breaks in over the stern.
Poop-deck: A partial deck which is the portion of the spar-deck extending from the mizzenmast aft.
POOP - Enclosed structure at stern of ship above main deck.
PORT - When facing forward, the left side of a shift.
PRIMAGE - Fee paid to loaders for loading ship.
The poop is the stern section of a ship. To be pooped is to be swamped by a high, following sea.
Buoyed Up -
Using a buoy to raise the bight of an anchor cable to prevent it from chafing on a rough bottom.
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Break of the Poop:
The forward end of a ship's after superstructure, where the poop deck descends to the upper deck.
BREAK OF FORECASTLE or POOP The point at which the partial decks known as the forecastle and poop are discontinued.
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Poop deck: A partial deck at the stern above the main deck, derived from the Latin "puppio" for the sacred deck where the "pupi" or doll images of the deities were kept.
Pooped: An opening in a ship's side, such as an air port, or cargo port.
"Now," said our captain, coming on the poop after he had worked up his dead reckoning at noontime, "you see all those ships dead to leeward -- well they ought to be to windward of us unless all the books on navigation are wrong.
Large sailing vessels have a poop deck aft. To be pooped is to be swamped by a high, following sea. A Bermuda rigged sailboat will always warn her crew when she is turning around 160 degrees away from the wind.
All water that enters the cabin or poop hatch (Lazarette) drains into the bilge. The FIRST THING to do when coming aboard is to open the bilge access hatch and check the bilge water level, and pump out as necessary.
POOP - The highest and aftermost deck of a ship.
PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
PREVENTER - An additional rope placed to assist another one in supporting a strain, e.g., a preventer backstay.
- A covering of canvas spread over the decks of the ship, or over a boat, 'in hot weather, to protect the officers and crew from the heat of the sun. That part of the poop-deck which .
Poop deck A boat's aft deck. Port (1) the left side of the boat from the perspective of a person at the stern of the boat and looking toward the bow. The opposite of starboard. (2) A porthole.
 See also: Deck, Line, Stern, After, Ship
  
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