a. rare. Having three decks; three-decked ship = next, 1.
1692. Delaval, in Lond. Gaz., No. 2769/3. I found 3 three Deck’d Ships of the Enemies.
1834. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VI. 343/1. The Royal Navy is divided into the following classes and denominations 1. Rated ships, viz. First rate, all three-decked ships.
