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SIDELIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
Synonyms:
running light; sidelight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sidelight" is a kind of...):
light; light source (any device serving as a source of illumination)