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
Stealing a glance down, I saw the girl's face shining whitely in the deck light.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
The rifle lay across the table, and her knitted tam-o'-shanter was hanging from one corner of the piano; the deck light had been thrown open, and the companionway was unbarred.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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 Freeman Wills Crofts
The glare of a deck light showed me that it was Bilk.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Bertrand W. Sinclair
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