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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deck light¹

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

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg