Origination of the term Poop Deck

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On another thread the term Poop Deck came up as the new Lawn on the Solstice Class ships was brought up. Here's what I found out from Wikepedia;)

 

In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that constitutes the roof of a cabin built in the aft (rear) part of the superstructure of a ship. The fantail is an overhang at the extreme rear of the ship, aft of the poop deck and closer to level with the main deck.[1][2] The name originates from the French word (la poupe)[3] for stern. This makes the poop deck technically called a stern deck, which in sailing ships was usually elevated as the roof of the stern (or 'after') cabin. In sailing ships, with the helmsman at the stern, an elevated position was ideal for both navigation and observation of the crew and sails.

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