gun deck
Warship artillery level
Gun deck originally refers to a deck on a warship where cannons are mounted.
In naval slang, to gun deck means to falsify records or fabricate data—filling in logbooks or inspection reports without actually performing the work: The crew gun decked the maintenance logs.
The term has spread to other contexts where paperwork is completed fraudulently.
Large mounted gun
- gunportWarship's weapon opening
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- broadsideFierce written assault
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
powder magazine · cannonball · grapeshot · ramrod · touchhole · breech · muzzle · recoil
Wooden boards collectively
- timbersLarge wooden beams
- gunportWarship's weapon opening
- portholeCircular vessel window
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
bulkhead · waterline · quarterdeck · forecastle · hold · bilge · keel · ribs
Distort the truth
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
- fakeNot the real thing
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
skip · forge · fudge · misrepresent · sham · dodge · circumvent · paperwork
Warship's ammunition-fetching youth
- captainOne who commands
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- midshipmanOfficer trainee at sea
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
sailors · marines · rammer · loader · sponger · watch · quarters · battle stations
cannon
Large mounted gun
ordnance · powder magazine · cannonball · grapeshot · ramrod · touchhole · breech · muzzle · recoil · salvo
planking
Wooden boards collectively
hatch · bulkhead · waterline · quarterdeck · forecastle · hold · bilge · keel · ribs · knee
falsify
Distort the truth
cheat · skip · forge · fudge · misrepresent · sham · dodge · circumvent · paperwork · inspection
powder monkey
Warship's ammunition-fetching youth
- captainOne who commands
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- midshipmanOfficer trainee at sea
bosun · sailors · marines · rammer · loader · sponger · watch · quarters · battle stations · drill
loading
Adding weight or cargo
running out · securing · lashing · elevation · traverse · range · targeting · timing · coordination · commands
- naval gunnerycannons, gunpowder, naval artillery, cannonballs, round shot
- ship areasberth, bridge, bilge, bow, captain's quarters
- ship decksforedeck, afterdeck, quarterdeck, forecastle, fo'c'sle
- ship interiorcabin, cargo hold, engine room, bunk, bunks
- ship partshull, keel, mast, bow, rudder
- warshipsbattleship, turret, frigates, battleships, destroyers
gun deckupper deck
Elevated seating level
main deck · top deck · hold · cargo hold · quarterdeck
gun deckverify
Confirm accuracy or truth
authenticate · fact-check · audit · substantiate · corroborate
gun, deck, guns, gunned, gunning, gunner, gunners, gunnery, decks