headlight

[ hed-lahyt ]

/ ˈhɛdˌlaɪt /

a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.

Origin of headlight

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; head + light¹

The Boston & Worcester devised the headlight, so that time might be saved by handling freight at night.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford
Morgan avoided the Headlight office, for there was a sensitive spot in his heart that Rhetta's abhorrence of him hurt keenly.

Trail's End |George W. Ogden
Sitting on a branch, staring down with eyes big as a locomotive's headlight, was Old Joe himself.

The Duck-footed Hound |James Arthur Kjelgaard
And just as he turned the curve, he saw, not fifty yards ahead of him, the headlight of the first extra.

Danger Signals |John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

He sped down the path and out into the road—and there was the headlight of an automobile, almost upon him.

Jimmie Higgins |Upton Sinclair

headlight

/ (ˈhɛdˌlaɪt) /

a powerful light, equipped with a reflector and attached to the front of a motor vehicle, locomotive, etc See also quartz-iodine lamp