ancient lights

British  

noun

1. (usually functioning as singular) the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight

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Example Sentences

My hands tremble a little as I untangle the ancient lights from one another.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The "Wheat-sheaf" is perhaps the most attractive, with its curious gable and ancient lights, and even the interior is not much altered.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

The explanation of ancient lights and the overhead space wasted in London was too much to go into.

From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George

This is it, my lud, his ludship said: ‘In an action for stopping of his ancient lights —.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

Perhaps more ancient lights have died out of human faces than modern lights have been kindled to replace them.

From A Cathedral Singer by Allen, James Lane