deadlight

See also: dead-light

English

dead +‎ light

deadlight (plural deadlights)

(nautical) 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.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(figuratively) An eyelid.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.

单词	deadlight
释义	deadlight See also: dead-light English Alternative forms dead-light, dead light Etymology dead +‎ light Noun deadlight (plural deadlights) (nautical) 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. (nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck. (figuratively) An eyelid. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
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