lightship

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable

From light (noun) + ship (noun). Cognate with Middle Low German lüchteschip (“lightship”), Dutch lichtschip (“lightship”).

“Sow and Pigs Lightship, entrance of Vineyard Sound, sir.” “Good work! — Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast, Holman Day
Here, I am not walking out to the Kish lightship, am I? — Ulysses, James Joyce
But, granted that he wanted to get rid of me altogether, he got a magnificent chance on that trip to the Elbe lightship. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers

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