What is "portlight"

Usage examples of "portlight".

I was in a darkly paneled room, lit by floating portlights, their globes confined at varying heights by rope tethers.

Roraqk said as he strode away, the last portlight following behind one shoulder.

A small portlight floated from its resting shelf to shed a courteous spot of brightness.

Every portlight flared, scouring shadows and squinting the eyes of the white-robed Clansman who stood in the doorway at the highest point of the gallery.

Tristam had secured the portlight in his cabin and returned his glass to its locker, he rushed back on deck wrapped only in a cotton square, and clutching soap in hand.

The noise of the wind grew suddenly shrill, and green water showed through the portlight as the boat rolled.

Overhead, hundreds of tiny portlights hovered, obedient stars against a distant metal sky.

After locking the door, Morgan chose to light three of these instead of ordering on the interior portlights, thus bathing the center of the room and the entrance to an adjacent hallway in a warm, yellow glow.

The cabin was cramped and odorous, even with its door and two tiny portlights open, because the doorway faced astern and the feeble breeze came from the starboard quarter.