anchor light

American  

noun

Nautical.

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.

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Example Sentences

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

The anchor light of the houseboat had been lost in the storm of the previous night, or else it had been stolen, which latter they doubted.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Aldridge, Janet

He had never seen that harbor before that night, but he sheered close in to every ship's anchor light he saw and hailed for the course to the oil dock.

From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

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