ALL meanings of lightship
light·ship
L l - noun lightship a ship anchored in a specific location and displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships, as in avoiding dangerous areas. Abbreviation: LS. 1
- noun lightship floating beacon 1
- noun lightship A moored or anchored vessel with a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea. 1
- countable noun lightship A lightship is a small ship that stays in one place and has a powerful flashing lamp. Lightships are used to guide ships or to warn them of danger. 0
- noun lightship a ship equipped as a lighthouse and moored where a fixed structure would prove impracticable 0
- noun lightship a ship moored in a place dangerous or important to navigation and bearing a light or lights and foghorns, sirens, etc. by which ships are warned or guided 0