dead-light

  1. Noun.  A wooden cover of a ship's ports (window-openings), which are used to prevent water ingress in stormy weather, and to prevent glass windows breaking.
  2. Noun.  A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.

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