high beam

or highbeam

noun

an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.

First recorded in 1935–40

There ensconcing themselves on a high beam, they soon forgot the cobwebs in the interest of the debate.

Presently there was a glow of yellow light which illuminated the whole gymnasium and rested especially upon the high beam.

The cat curled himself in front of the fire, while the cock flew up on a high beam.

The older girls climbed the ladder to a high beam, and then would shoot off on to the soft hay far below.

The other bear—the one that fell from the high beam—had the handsomest black, glossy pelt I have ever seen.

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