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texas

  (tĕk'səs) pronunciation
n.

A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters.

[After TEXAS (from the fact that steamboat cabins were named after states and the officers' quarters were the largest).]


 
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
  Synonyms: Lone-Star State, TX

 
Wikipedia: texas (nautical)


A texas is a deckhouse immediately below the pilothouse of a straight-deck freighter It is named Texas because Texas was at one time the largest state and as size equals power the officer's cabin was called Texas[citation needed]. Other areas were also named for states.


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