topsides

There's the concrete base with its serrated ice wall, in which we can safely store more than one million barrels of oil; and there's the superstructure (we call it topsides), containing the working and living accommodation, two drilling rigs, cranes, a flare boom and helideck.

Leading a New Industry into a New Century 1996

The breadth of beam was always considerably greater in that day than earlier, or until much later, necessitated by the proportionately greater height ( "topsides"), above water, at stem and stern.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876

She had had to get Moran silenced (with my money, she hoped) if she was to stay topsides with Bertie.

Watershed 2010

It was wide and relatively flat, with long, boxlike nacelles above and below it on either side, and its topsides were rife with a variety of impressive-looking weapon clusters.

Addicts Tree Riesener 2010

I turned restlessly again and listened for the soft muttering of the sea down by St Petrox to see what sort of a night it was, and I was with Stenning listening to the ripple of the water on Irene's topsides, talking about the safeguarding of industries and carpet sweepers from the Continent.

Movie Night 2010

Gulf Island's gain also came as the maker of offshore drilling and production platforms said it received a letter of authorization to enter into a contract for the fabrication and integration of the topsides of a major deep-water Gulf of Mexico project.

Energy Sector Juices Russell 2010

I brought the dinghy alongside, stood up, and held her of from the topsides.

Movie Night 2010

Hi Chuck, it seemed those large butterflies, whose topsides were a cobalt blue, were by far the most friendly around humans.

Holiday Blast « Fairegarden 2009

Part of the problem in London is that the underground is always 5 or 10 degrees warmer than topsides, not to mention heating in buses, so it is a bit harder to match clothing to expected conditions.

Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next 2009

For the first time, the Air Force dropped "tank buster" bombs dispensing heat-seeking bomblets that float down by parachute, sniffing for tanks and then hammering them with munitions designed to penetrate their vulnerable topsides.

The Secret War 2007