quarter-decks

Updated: August 6, 2026

There's twice as much room in one of the cells as there is in a midshipman's berth, my boy; and the prison yards, where you are allowed to walk, will make a dozen quarter-decks, and no need of touching your hat out of respect when you go into it.

Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2