Very light

British  

/ ˈvɛrɪ /

noun

1. a coloured flare fired from a special pistol ( Very pistol ) for signalling at night, esp at sea

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Etymology

Origin of Very light

C19: named after Edward W. Very (1852–1910), US naval ordnance officer

Example Sentences

"They let each other down, too, in the room. There were some guys who were very light on the puck. Very light."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2018

Prufrock was soon followed by other poems, each one lighting up the postwar literary battlefields like a Very light high above the trenches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back over the ’drome he signaled with his Very light pistol for landing lights, his take-off having been too sudden to permit of thinking of ground flares.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington

Very light coloured cloths for morning wear are to be avoided, even in the height of summer; and fancy cloths of strange patterns and mixtures are exceedingly objectionable.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George

The aeroplane flies at any convenient height and when it is exactly above the target it fires a Very light.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir