deck light

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.

2. any light for illuminating the deck of a ship.

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Etymology

Origin of deck light

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

My neighbor leaves his back deck light on all night long and it shines right in my bedroom.

From Seattle Times

North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has also released photographs of a deck light and what is thought to be the handle of a homemade knife recovered from the wreck.

From BBC

Part of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite flying on the Suomi-NPP satellite, the instrument is so sensitive that it can measure the glow of a single streetlamp, the deck light of a lone boat in the middle of a pitch-black Atlantic Ocean or a flickering gas flare in the vast North Dakota oil fields.

From Scientific American

This glow came from the breaking dawn which made rosy the deck light and cabin companion.

From Project Gutenberg

Stirling glanced at the barricaded deck light, and listened to the swift rush of the ship through the smooth sea.

From Project Gutenberg