either of a pair of disclike wooden blocks, supported by straps in grooves around them, between which a line is rove so as to draw them together to tighten a shroud
Compare bull's-eye (sense 9)
2. mainly US informal
an expert marksman
deadeye in American English
(ˈdɛdˌaɪ)
noun
1.
a round, flat block of wood with three holes in it for a lanyard, used in pairs on a sailing ship to hold the shrouds and stays taut
2. Slang
an accurate marksman
Examples of 'deadeye' in a sentence
deadeye
I hope he was known as a deadeye 'cause that's how the police, the CIB, all those people are gonna see him.