toplight

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noun

A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

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Meanings

nountoplight (plural toplights)

plural toplights · alternative top-light · alternative top light

  1. nauticalA lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
  2. any light at the top of something
  3. alternativeAlternative form of top light.

    Although exhibiting some typical Bulleid design features — the continuous curve of the bodyside and the toplights above the door droplights being particularly characteristic — the interior of the vehicles owed much to Maunsell era practice.

    1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 395

Origin

From top + light.

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APA

toplight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toplight

MLA

“toplight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toplight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toplight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toplight.

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