three-decker

English

Noun

three-decker (plural three-deckers)

1. Anything with three layers or levels.
   • 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Jamaica Version”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 168:

     He awoke at midday and walked down the road to a cafeteria where the short-order cook fixed him a delicious three-decker western sandwich and coffee.

   • 1972, Emily Coleman, Making friends with the opposite sex, page 198:

     I planned to splurge on a three-decker cone. All the flavors looked so good that I couldn't decide which three to have.

   1. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
   2. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
   3. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
   4. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
   5. (nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
   6. (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.

Translations

warship

• Czech: trojpalubník (cs) m
• French: trois-ponts (fr) m
• German: Dreidecker (de) m