deadlight
noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
- An eyelid.
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