One gun on the quarter-deck and two on the maindeck were dismounted, and almost all the tackles and breachings were cut away.
Captain Martin, on seeing this, sent Rayner below with orders to double shot the after-maindeck guns, and to fire them as the enemy came close up.
The maindeck before the mainmast was torn up from the waterway to the hatchways, and the bits were shot away, as was the chief part of the gangways.
Meantime the officers had placed parties at the hatchways to keep in check those who had taken refuge below, the remaining few who appeared on the maindeck having thrown down their arms and prayed for mercy.
From the maindeck there came the sound of running feet, and the voices of the watch, shouting.
The Second Mate was down on the maindeck with the men, seeing about some job he wanted done; so that I was on the poop alone.
Is William--Maindeck and so on--a man of his word?
She possessed no press-room, and as the men for that reason had the run of the hold, all hatches were securely battened down with the exception of the maindeck scuttle, an opening so small as to admit of the passage of but one man at a time.
The Channel at this time swarmed with tenders, and to Sax's hint that they might just as well give in then and there as be pressed later on, they replied with defiant huzzas and the discharge of one of their maindeck guns.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maindeck" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
