starboard sidelight

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• sidelight — [sīd′līt΄] n. 1. a light coming from the side 2. a bit of incidental knowledge or information on a subject 3. a window or opening in or at the side of a wall, door, etc. 4. a lamp or light carried on the side of a ship or boat, a red one on the… …   English World dictionary

• sidelight — noun Date: 1610 1. a. light coming or produced from the side b. incidental light or information 2. the red light on the port bow or the green light on the starboard bow carried by ships under way at night …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sidelight — /suyd luyt /, n. 1. an item of incidental information. 2. either of two lights carried by a vessel under way at night, a red one on the port side and a green on the starboard. 3. light coming from the side. 4. a window or other aperture for light …   Universalium

• sidelight — side•light [[t]ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt[/t]] n. 1) an item of incidental information 2) naut. navig. a red light on the port side or a green on the starboard carried by a vessel under way at night 3) light coming from the side 4) a window at the side of a door …   From formal English to slang

• sidelight — /ˈsaɪdlaɪt/ (say suydluyt) noun 1. light coming from the side. 2. incidental information. 3. either of the two small lights at the front of a vehicle used at night for indicating the width of the vehicle to other road users, and for parking. 4.… …  

• sidelight — n. 1 a light from the side. 2 incidental information etc. 3 Brit. a light at the side of the front of a motor vehicle to warn of its presence. 4 Naut. the red port or green starboard light on a ship under way …   Useful english dictionary

• International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …   Wikipedia

• running light — noun light carried by a boat that indicates the boat s direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow • Syn: ↑sidelight • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑light source * * * noun : one of the lights… …   Useful english dictionary

• Nautical Terms — Ahoy, mateys! This be a fair and true listing of words having to do with ships and sailing, 225 of them in all. These terms come mainly from the great age of sailing ships, the 16th to 18th centuries, and almost all hail from the two great… …   Phrontistery dictionary

• side|light — «SYD LYT», noun. 1. light coming from the side. 2. incidental information about a subject: »amusing sidelights in a biography. Such information may throw sidelight upon my story (Herman Melville). 3. either of two lights required to be carried by …   Useful english dictionary