deck light
Americannoun
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a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
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any light for illuminating the deck of a ship.
Etymology
Origin of deck light
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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My neighbor leaves his back deck light on all night long and it shines right in my bedroom.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
Bulla went down towards his cabin door and Beamish, snapping off the deck light, returned to his.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
Steps came overhead; a shadow blotted out the glass of the deck light.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
The two in the cabin stared up at the shadows on the deck light, and these shadows moved away as the girl rose from the piano stool and came across the deck.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
He could now see the deck light, an electric bulb on the side of the captain's cabin, and it showed him the top of the taffrail some little distance above the level of his eyes.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
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