1A protective cover or shutter fitted over a porthole or window on a ship.
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The side facing me had five square windows complete with deadlight covers, all encrusted in coral.
All the watertight doors, deadlights and scuttles had been securely closed before the torpedo struck the ship.
Fresh air was admitted through two large wind sails in the forward hatches, and also through the deadlights upon each side of the ship.
As we dropped off the tip of the bow to seabed level and swam along the wreck, we could see numerous portholes, all with heavy-duty deadlights securely fixed shut.
The closed deadlights indicate the ship had been secured for heavy weather prior to wrecking.
2US A skylight designed not to be opened.
〈美〉天窗
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The fully insulated oval glass front door with the 12"x36" deadlight above it really brightens up the front entrance.
Definition of deadlight in US English:
deadlight
nounˈdɛdlaɪtˈdedlīt
1A protective cover or shutter fitted over a porthole or window on a ship.
舷窗盖
Example sentencesExamples
The closed deadlights indicate the ship had been secured for heavy weather prior to wrecking.
All the watertight doors, deadlights and scuttles had been securely closed before the torpedo struck the ship.
The side facing me had five square windows complete with deadlight covers, all encrusted in coral.
As we dropped off the tip of the bow to seabed level and swam along the wreck, we could see numerous portholes, all with heavy-duty deadlights securely fixed shut.
Fresh air was admitted through two large wind sails in the forward hatches, and also through the deadlights upon each side of the ship.
2US A skylight designed not to be opened.
〈美〉天窗
Example sentencesExamples
The fully insulated oval glass front door with the 12"x36" deadlight above it really brightens up the front entrance.