Dead-light
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dead-light is a noun meaning Alternative form of deadlight.
Meaning
Alternative form of deadlight.
Example Sentences
Even, if our sails like ribbons fly, / And the dead-lights long are in, / Hard up the helm! and keep good heart! / Till skies are bright again.
DEAD-LIGHTS, certain wooden ports which are made to fasten into the cabin-windows, to prevent the waves from gushing into a ship in a high sea. As they are made exactly to fit the windows, and are strong enough to resist the waves, they are always fixed in, on the approach of a storm, and the glass frames taken out, which might otherwise be shattered to pieces by the surges, and suffer great quantities of water to enter the vessel.
Word Forms
- dead-lights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deadlight, portlight, light-ship, deadwater, half-port, deadeye.
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