Word: decking
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...colleges have boat-clubs of their own. The boat-clubs of most of the colleges own barges, - great hulks painted with the colors of the colleges to which they belong. The barges each contain a large club-room and a number of dressing-rooms, and, above, there is a deck from which to watch the finish of the races. They are moored in line along Christ-church Meadows, from near the mouth of the Cherwell almost up to Folly Bridge, and a very picturesque sight they are. The 'Varsity of course has its barge, besides, larger and more gorgeous than...