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).]
texas
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(tĕk'səs)
n.
A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters.
n.
A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters.
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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
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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 the captain's cabin is usually the largest cabin. Other areas were also named for states.[1]
- ^ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2005, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/texas, retrieved 2008-05-05
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