crosslight

[ kraws-lahyt, kros- ]

noun

1. a light lights shone across the path of another to illuminate an area left dark by the first light.
2. light lights originating from sources not facing each other, as from windows in two adjacent walls.
3. light lights originating from counterlights.

Other Words From

• crosslighted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crosslight¹

First recorded in 1850–55; cross- + light ¹