Part of the main (or other) deck reserved for honours and ceremonies and the station of the OOD. The quarter-deck received its name in the days when decks were in tiers. The "half-deck" was half the length of the ship, and the "quarter-deck" was half the length of the half-deck.
Indawo yomgangatho omkhulu (okanye eminye) ebekelwe intlonopho namatheko kunye nesikhululo se-OOD. I"half-deck" yayisisiqingatha sobude benqanawe, I"quarter-deck" yayisisiqingatha sobude be"half-deck".