deadlight

Noun

Meaning

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In the late 1990s, an approach was made to the British Ministry of Defence for salvage rights to the Operation Deadlight U-boats, by a firm which planned to raise up to a hundred of them. Source: Internet

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