'Davy Jones's Locker' definitions:
Definition of 'Davy Jones's locker'
(from WordNet)
noun
The bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones]
Definition of 'Davy Jones's Locker'
From: GCIDE
- Davy Jones \Da"vy Jones"\ The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. [1913 Webster]
- This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]
- Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.
- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Davy Jones's locker'
From: GCIDE
- Locker \Lock"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, locks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. [1913 Webster]
- Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.
- Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.
- Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited. --Totten. [1913 Webster]