aftcastle

English

Etymology

From aft +‎ castle.

Noun

aftcastle (plural aftcastles)

1. Raised part of the upper deck at the stern of a ship.

Synonyms

• aftercastle
• sterncastle

Coordinate terms

• forecastle

Related terms

• poop deck

Translations

raised part of the upper deck

• Catalan: castell de popa m
• Finnish: peräkastelli (fi)
• French: dunette (fr), gaillard d’arrière (fr) m
• German: Heckkastell n
• Japanese: 船尾楼 (せんびろう, senbirō)
• Polish: kasztel (pl) m
• Russian: ахтерка́стель (ru) m (axterkástelʹ)

Further reading

• aftcastle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia