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Definition of Deadlight
1. Noun. A strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather.
Definition of Deadlight
1. n. A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
Definition of Deadlight
1. Noun. (nautical) A strong shutter fitted over a porthole etc. that can be closed in bad weather ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadlight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadlight
Literary usage of Deadlight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War-ships: A Text-book on the Construction, Protection, Stability, Turning by Edward Lewis Attwood (1917)
"In action, however, or when guns are fired in proximity to the scuttle, it is
necessary to hinge back the glass scuttle, and then the pin of the deadlight ..."
2. The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility by Morgan Robertson (1912)
"Then he entered an opposite room—all were unlocked now—from which, slantingly
through the deadlight, he saw lights. He threw open the thick, round window, ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Л loss caused by water entering a water-tight compartment through an open deadlight
Is caused by a peril of the sea. Starbuck v. ..."
4. Digest of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States ...by United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company by United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1917)
"Where the injuries resulted from plaintiff's falling into a hole in the sidewalk
which was to be closed by a deadlight, an entry on the books of an express ..."
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