anchor light
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Fire officials said the barge was illuminated by an anchor light but would have been difficult to see in the darkness by approaching boats on the river on Friday night.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2013
A yachtsman's anchor light equipped with an electronic eye that turns the light on at dusk and off at dawn is being sold by Guest Marine Products of Long Island City, N.Y.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an anchor light was hoisted, and as there was no need for any particular caution, no watch was kept, every one retiring by eleven o'clock.
From The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Penrose, Margaret
She threw a happy kiss at the dim anchor light which marked the location of the Ethel and May in the harbor.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
She was just discernible by the dim rays of the anchor light.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
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