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

They watched the "Red Rover" together until all the lights except the anchor light, had been put out.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Aldridge, Janet

Jimmy could see the yacht’s anchor light not far away and the yellow blink from her saloon windows, but he could hear nothing that suggested preparations for sending off a boat.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

It was coming on dark by then and I could see them making ready the anchor light on the Svend Foyn.

From Sonnie-Boy's People by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)