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Definition of Deadlights
1. deadlight [n] - See also: deadlight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadlights
Literary usage of Deadlights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands: A Diary by Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (1914)
"Covers, painted black to imitate iron, could be screwed over the ports like
deadlights on shipboard. The doors, one in either end, opened in two parts, ..."
2. Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat (1896)
"my notion; and the sooner we ship the deadlights the better." "That's a foolish
name they give to the shutters which go over the cabin windows to prevent ..."
3. The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"deadlights and Light Ports. The Carpenter is charged with the good order and care
of all deadlights and light ports. He should examine all deadlights in ..."
4. National Insurance by Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr, William Hubert Stuart Garnett, James Henry Taylor, Great Britain (1913)
"49 (b} so far as the latter relates to portholes and deadlights for ships. A 1240.
Workmen engaged in the construction or repair of ovens for baking bread, ..."
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