lightship : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lightship	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lightship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lightship n a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Light-ship \Light"-ship`\ (l[imac]t"sh[icr]p`), n. (Naut.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.