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spar deck

[′spar ‚dek]
(naval architecture)
A deck fitted from bow to stern on a superstructure having heavier scantlings than those under an awning deck.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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