Lexic.us

Definition of Hurricane roof

1. Noun. A deck at the top of a passenger ship.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurricane Roof

Literary usage of Hurricane roof

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1894)
"With some difficulty he escaped to the cabin, and from thence to the hurricane roof, where many of the crew and the three journalists were gathered. ..."

2. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1903)
"... just over the boilers, covered by the hurricane roof; the hurricane deck was the third deck. Upon this were situated the texas and the pilot-house. ..."

3. Order of Reference of the Supreme Court of the United States: In the Case of by Reuben Hyde Walworth, United States Supreme Court (1851)
"They are stationed on the hurricane roof and on the main deck; about two-thirds of the men are on. the hurricane roof, at three different places, ..."

4. History of the Fourth Regiment of Minnesota Infantry Volunteers During the by Alonzo Leighton Brown (1892)
"... under the limbs of the trees that overhung the stream. The smoke blackens us all up. Those of us on the hurricane roof have to keep a sharp lookout for ..."

5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1882 Almost before you could jump into the water, the names Mark Twain, ' Old Times on the Mississippi' : Atlantic burst through the hurricane roof. ..."

6. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United States for by William Burnham Woods (1880)
"He says, "After we made two or three unsuccessful attempts to land, I went to the hurricane roof with Captain Gillam, the master of the Garry Owen. ..."

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