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 

• RUNNING LIGHT (noun)

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)