anchor light


nounNautical.
  1. a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.

  • Also called riding light.

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How to use anchor light in a sentence

  • She threw a happy kiss at the dim anchor light which marked the location of the Ethel and May in the harbor.

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  • But he never lost sight of this anchor light for more than a few moments at a time.

  • They watched the "Red Rover" together until all the lights except the anchor light, had been put out.

  • All he could see of the "Red Rover" was the anchor light, the night being very dark and a little hazy.

  • Sam stuck to his story that the anchor light had faded away and that the "Red Rover" had disappeared all in the same moment.