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

Very light pistol A type of pistol used to fire a shell somewhat larger than a 12 gauge shotgun shell, and which contained luminous star signals, such as red stars, green stars, white stars, etc.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington

Very light was my soul that happy morning, and I might well be happy.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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