The one under the gun deck, where sailors usually mess.
·- An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The platforms laid longitudinally over the transverse beams; in ships of war they support the guns. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The thalamen/cephalon. ...
The space contained between any two whole decks of a ship. ...
The one under the gun deck, where sailors usually mess. ...
See breast-hooks. ...