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DEEP-WAISTED
DEEP-WAISTED, (encastillé, Fr.) the distinguishing fabric of a ship's decks, when the quarter-deck and fore-castle are elevated from four to six feet above the level of the upper-deck, so as to leave a vacant space, called the waist, on the middle of the upper-deck. See the article WAIST.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 99, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0423.html