noun
- strong shutters or covers fitted over a ship’s portholes or windows to protect them during storms
- thick glass windows or portholes in a ship’s deck or side
Usage: nautical
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The crew secured the deadlights before the hurricane hit.
- Heavy seas crashed against the ship’s deadlights.
- The captain ordered all deadlights to be battened down.
- Sunlight filtered through the deadlights onto the lower deck.
- The old sailing ship had brass deadlights along its sides.
- During the storm, the deadlights protected the cabin windows from breaking waves.