In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or “aft”, part of the superstructure of a ship

  • tiramichu@lemm.ee
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    Yup. The term ‘head’ as naval lingo for a bathroom derives from this as on old sailing ships the head of the ship above the bow is where the toilets are, so they could overhang the water.

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      Also any splatter would be washed off while sailing.