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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strong shutter or plate fastened over a ship's porthole or cabin window in stormy weather.
- noun A thick window set in a ship's side or deck.
- noun A skylight constructed so that it cannot be opened.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a strong wooden or iron shutter fastened over a cabin-window or port-hole in rough weather to prevent water from entering.
- noun A luminous appearance sometimes observed over putrescent animal bodies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A strong
shutter fitted over aporthole etc. that can beclosed in bad weather
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
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reesetee commented on the word deadlight
A steel or alloy cover plate fitted internally to portholes for protection against water ingress in case of glass failure.
August 25, 2009
MaryW commented on the word deadlight
In Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883), the pirates use "deadlights" to mean "eyes."
"The same broadside I lost my leg, old Pew lost his deadlights." -- ch. 11
"I saw him dead with these here deadlights." -- ch. 31
February 10, 2019