double-deck

English

Adjective

double-deck (not comparable)

1. Having two decks or levels, one above the other.
   • 1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335:

     The normal methods of road delivery are by driving the cars individually, or by car transporters which convey as many as eight vehicles on massive articulated double-deck trailers.

   • 1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 127:

     The 'Superliners', the double-deck passenger cars intended for long hauls, were the subject, not only of internal disputes at Pullman Standard, but also of a contractual disagreement between the builders and Amtrak.

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