SINCE 1828
gun deck
nounDefinition of gun deck
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a deck (as the first deck below the weather deck) on old-time warships carrying the ship's guns
gundeck
transitive verbDefinition of gundeck (Entry 2 of 2)
slang
: to fake or falsify especially by writing up (as a series of official reports) as if meeting requirements but actually without having carried out the required procedures
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