English Dictionary

deadlight

noun

(nautical) 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.

The deadlight in the basement was broken.

意味（1）

(nautical) 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.

意味（2）

(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.

意味（3）

(figuratively) An eyelid.

He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.