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lighthouse

[ lahyt-hous ]

noun

plural lighthouses
  1. a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
  2. either of two cylindrical metal towers placed forward on the forecastle of the main deck of a sailing ship, to house the port and starboard running lights.


lighthouse

/ ˈɪˌʊ /

noun

  1. a fixed structure in the form of a tower equipped with a light visible to mariners for warning them of obstructions, for marking harbour entrances, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lighthouse1

First recorded in 1655–65; light 1 + house
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Tommy travelled, as a lighthouse keeper, while for much of her working life Violet was on the night shift in local hospitals.

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The crack stretches a couple of metres along a section of cliffs close to the Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head near Eastbourne.

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‘California’s climate goals and our air quality progress have been a beacon for the world, and gutting these EPA rules is like punching holes in that lighthouse.’

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People living near Land's End have been advised to buy earplugs due to a lighthouse's on-the-blink fog horn.

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But numbers had dropped to only a dozen by the early 1960s, and when the lighthouse keepers departed for the last time in 1997, Stroma became home only to grazing livestock and seabirds.

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