deadworks

from The Century Dictionary.

• Nautical, the parts of a ship which are above the surface of the water when she is balanced for a voyage: now generally called upper works.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun plural (Naut.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun nautical The parts of a laden ship that are above water.