the upper planking of a ship, deck
Ancient Greek word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.528: οἱ δʼ ἀνὰ σέλματα βάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἀλλήλοισιν,
Euripides, Cyclops 144: ἐν σέλμασιν νεώς ἐστιν, ἢ φέρεις σύ νιν;
Euripides, Orestes 242: ἐν Ναυπλίᾳ δὲ σέλμαθʼ ὥρμισται νεῶν.