single-decker

English

A single-decker at the terminus of Route R68 at Hampton Court Station. The doors are of course on the left-hand side.

Etymology

From single +‎ decker, from deck (“floor, level”).

Noun

single-decker (plural single-deckers)

1. (especially UK) a single-deck bus, which has only one level for passengers, unlike a double-decker.

   I travelled home on a crowded single-decker - over half of the passengers were schoolchildren.

See also

• double-decker

References

• “single-decker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.