Double-decker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Double-decker \Dou"ble-deck"er\, n.
     1. (Naut.)
  
     1. A man-of-war having two gun decks.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2.
        (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
            [Local, U. S.]
        (b) A biplane a["e]roplane or kite. [Colloq.]
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. anything having two decks or levels, as a bus with two
        levels for passengers. In older vehicles, less often
        today, the upper deck was open, as on street cars.
        [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  double-decker
       n : a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public
           transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: {bus},
           {autobus}, {coach}, {charabanc}, {jitney}, {motorbus}, {motorcoach},
            {omnibus}]