English Explanatory Dictionary

deadlight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
  2. A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
  3. An eye.
  4. An eyelid.

Word forms

deadlight deadlights dead-light dead light

Etymology

From dead + light.

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