A term applied to a weather deck that is rounded over from the shell of the ship so that it has a shape similar to the back of a turtle. Used on ships of the whaleback type and on the forward weather deck of torpedo boats.
Igama elibhekiselele kumgangatho wemo-zulu ojikelezwe ukusuka kwi-'shell' yenqanawe ukuze ibe inokumila okufana nokomva wofudo lwaselwandle.