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RUNNING LIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does running light mean?
• RUNNING LIGHT (noun)
The noun RUNNING LIGHT has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: RUNNING LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
running light; sidelight
Hypernyms ("running light" is a kind of...):
light; light source (any device serving as a source of illumination)
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