yardlight

plural yardlights · alternative yard light

1. A freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.

   We had the choice of activities — looking at TV, or looking out the window at the paved parking lot with its big yardlights.

   2008, Preston Wilson, Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat, page 99

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   On either side of the highway farmhouses were set off by faint blue yardlights, the houses all scattered and isolated in the dark country, and far ahead down the highway the streetlights of Holt were a mere shimmer on the low horizon.

   2012, Kent Haruf, Eventide