on the deck

== English == === Prepositional phrase === on the deck (aviation) Flying at a very low altitude. 1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Hearings ... on Sundry Legislation Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments (issues 10–32, page 1340) The HAWK is one of the Army's newest air defense weapons. It is capable of carrying a modern warhead and of destroying attackers flying "on the deck" at such ranges as to insure effective protection of defended areas. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on,‎ the,‎ deck. ==== Related terms ==== on deck