The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Poop Deck

Sea Terms

(See Deck.)

Forecastles, poops, water ballast tanks, etc. — hull profiles of steamers and a sailing vessel

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2026 Editor's Note: The poop deck endures — as working architecture on some ships and as every child's favorite nautical word. From Latin puppis, the stern; 'pooped' (swamped from astern, hence exhausted) sailed ashore with it. See poop deck. (Ed: BR 2026-06-01)

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