WordNet
riding light
n. a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor [syn: anchor light, riding lamp]
Usage examples of "riding light".
I didn't know if it was the orthodox manner or not, I had to do something, so I put one foot on the thing's hip socket, grabbed a riding light up near its shoulder blade and swarmed up its side.
Carrying two covered bronze buckets, one riding light and the other heavier, he walked toward the rear of the palace compound where kitchens once stood.
The binnacle light and aft riding light had long since been extinguished.
Through the driving rain we could dimly see the Shangri-la's riding light as we drifted by about a hundred yards from her port side.