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deck light

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deck light1

First recorded in 1840–50
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My neighbor leaves his back deck light on all night long and it shines right in my bedroom.

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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.

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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.

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Helen Marr came through the cabin companion and stood by the nearest deck light to Stirling, fearing to bother him or to call his name.

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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.

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