{{Short description|Underside of a deck in a ship}} {{refimprove|date=November 2012}} A '''deckhead''' is the underside of a deck in a ship. It bears the same relationship to a compartment on the deck below as does the ceiling to the roof of a house.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deckhead|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/deckhead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822053818/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/deckhead|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2012|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries|accessdate=15 November 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{water-transport-stub}} Category:Nautical terminology