anchor light

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.

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Example Sentences

Fire officials said the barge was illuminated by an anchor light but would have been difficult to see in the darkness by approaching boats on the river on Friday night.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2013

A yachtsman's anchor light equipped with an electronic eye that turns the light on at dusk and off at dawn is being sold by Guest Marine Products of Long Island City, N.Y.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are the sidelights, the binnacle light, and the anchor light.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

Larry declared that he had never removed his gaze from the anchor light during his whole watch, except when he went to get wood for the campfire.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Aldridge, Janet

It was this lantern, at the end of a stick, that Larry Goheen had been watching all night, believing it to be the anchor light of the "Red Rover."

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Aldridge, Janet