a. rare. = next.
1692. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), II. 636. 3 three deck ships were lately launched at Brest.
1708. Lond. Gaz., No. 4433/7. The Boyn, a three Deck Ship of 80 Guns.
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), XVII. 403/1. The middle deck in three-deck ships.
