overdeck

English

Etymology

over- +‎ deck

Verb

overdeck (third-person singular simple present overdecks, present participle overdecking, simple past and past participle overdecked)

1. (transitive) To overdecorate.
   • 1819, The Spectator:

     […] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect […]

   • 2015, Muneeza Shamsie, And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women:

     She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.