[ noun ] structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck <noun.artifact>
Superstructure \Su`per*struc"ture\, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.] 1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp. (Arch.), all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. --Dryden.
2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
Only a section of its superstructure remains above the surface.
The 50-year-old woman was either leaning over or trying to jump from the rising bridge and fell several feet before she was caught in part of the bridge's superstructure Sunday, authorities said.
Maybe later when the ship is empty and cleaned we will know more." Officials said that when the fire is out it will take days for the superstructure to cool enough to start unloading oil.
Most subs, such as the Trafalgar, simply break through the ice with their superstructure.
The superstructure, wracked by explosions and flames for three days, was engulfed in gray smoke Tuesday.
Costs can drop 20 percent or more when wood is used instead of concrete and steel for a bridge's superstructure, Quinn said.
When last seen, it was listing badly with a hole in its hull and its superstructure ablaze.
The entire superstructure _ about the rear one-fifth of the ship _ was engulfed in flames.
By pumping out the water, the hull and superstructure will gradually rise, eventually reaching their desired operating height.
In the 1986 case, Guarino said, Swinerton and Walberg was a co-defendant in a case stemming from a construction site accident that killed three ironworkers after the steel superstructure of a 21-story office building was overloaded.