upperworks

English

Etymology

upper +‎ works

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Noun

upperworks pl (plural only)

1. (nautical) superstructure
   • 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:

     On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.

2. (slang) head; brains