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The glazed enclosure, usually of cylindrical shape, which surrounds and protects the optical apparatus of a light.
The glazed enclosure, usually of cylindrical or polygonal shape, at the top of a lighthouse, light vessel or buoy, which surrounds and protects the optical apparatus.


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[[Category:8.2 Light Vessels and Light Floats]]
[[Category:7.2 Structural Components]]
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 3 February 2024

7-2-655

The glazed enclosure, usually of cylindrical or polygonal shape, at the top of a lighthouse, light vessel or buoy, which surrounds and protects the optical apparatus.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)