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Definition of "lightships" [lightships]

  • Plural form of lightship. (noun)

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Use "lightships" in a sentence
  • "When German U-boats sank steamers and lightships all up and down the East Coast, two and sometimes three a day, Ruby imagined them lurking off the beach at Coney Island."
  • "The lighthouses, lightships, sea marks, channels and harbours of the world were suffering from a decade of economy, a decade of wartime destruction and a decade of chaos and decay."
  • "The lightships were attacked and … defeated, she emphasized."