skylight
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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skylight, a glazed window frame, usually in pairs, set at an angle in the deck of a ship to maximize light and ventilation to a
compartment below, and protected with brass rods. They were only seen on smaller vessels. Once very common in
yachts, they were difficult to keep watertight and were superseded by
hatches with transparent plastic tops or by transparent panels, though they are still to be seen in classic yachts.
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/7/2006; 700+ words
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Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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