dash light

noun

, Automotive.

1. a light built into the dashboard of an automobile for the purpose of illuminating the gauges and accessories.

Example Sentences

"The last item to repair was a dash light," he said.

From BBC

“Specifically, when police encountered Mr. Tuckson, he was driving a Chevy Impala outfitted with dark windows, long antennas, a police-style dash light, and other features that made it appear to be an undercover police vehicle,” prosecutors wrote.

From Washington Post

To my great relief, the reflections from the dash light showed me the face of a young Negro man.

From Literature

They were rangy boys out of the Cottbus station, the two German autobahn-cowboy cops who slipped their black unmarked Mercedes station wagon behind me and cranked on their dreaded blue dash light.

From Forbes

With what purported to be bona fide information, Detroit newspapers last week described the new motor car to be produced by the Ford Motor Co. as having for standard equipment a self-starter, five wire wheels, speedometer, windshield wiper, gasoline gauge, oil gauge, dash light, Houdaille shock absorbers and four-wheel brakes; 34-h.p. engine; gearshift transmission; 104-inch wheel base; selling-price from $450 for the touring model, to $490 for the Fordor sedan and coup�.

From Time Magazine Archive