berth-decks

Updated: July 16, 2025

Others were distributed along the gun and berth-decks, with similar orders; and, to crown all, several carronade guns were unshipped from their carriages, and swung in their breechings from the beams of the main-deck, so as to impart a sort of vibratory briskness and oscillating buoyancy to the frigate.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War