Source Word
two-decker
Noun
A
sail
warship,
which
carried
her
guns
on
two
fully-armed
decks.
Usually
additional
guns
were
carried
on
the
upper
works
(forecastle
and
quarterdeck)
but
this
was
not
a
continuous
battery
so
was
not
counted.
Two-deckers
ranged
all
the
way
from
the
small
40-gun
fourth-rate
up
to
80-
or
even
90-gun
ships,
with
the
third-rate
or
"seventy-four"
being
the
archetype.
Japanese Meaning
大砲を2層のデッキに配置した帆船戦艦。通常、上部構造（船首、舵楼）にも追加の大砲を持つが、連続して配置されているわけではなく、主要な戦闘デッキは2層に限定される。小型の40門の4等艦から、80門や90門を持つ大型艦まで存在し、第三等艦または『セブンティフォー』型が代表例となる。
Sense（1）
A
sail
warship,
which
carried
her
guns
on
two
fully-armed
decks.
Usually
additional
guns
were
carried
on
the
upper
works
(forecastle
and
quarterdeck)
but
this
was
not
a
continuous
battery
so
was
not
counted.
Two-deckers
ranged
all
the
way
from
the
small
40-gun
fourth-rate
up
to
80-
or
even
90-gun
ships,
with
the
third-rate
or
"seventy-four"
being
the
archetype.
Sense（2）
（ plural ）
