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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. | 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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Revision as of 12:00, 25 February 2009
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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)
