upperworks

Etymology

upper + works

noun

  1. (nautical) superstructure
    On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. … The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe. 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
  2. (slang) head; brains

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