night-light

[ nahyt-lahyt ]

/ ˈnaɪtˌlaɪt /

a usually dim light kept burning at night, as in a child's bedroom.

Origin of night-light

First recorded in 1640–50

When little boys are in bed there is nothing between them and bears and wolves but the night-light.

The Little White Bird |J. M. Barrie
On the deck of the vessel, near the prow, was a glimmer, like the last flicker of a night-light.

The Man Who Laughs |Victor Hugo
Out to sea, the night-light now revealed a floe advancing with the wind, threatening to seal tight the narrow harbour entrance.

The Adventures of Billy Topsail |Norman Duncan
At present the luminous dial of Saint Eustache was paling as a night-light does when surprised by the dawn.

The Fat and the Thin |Emile Zola

The peasants knocked at the window and earnestly entreated that the night-light might be extinguished.

Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. |Sir James George Frazer

night-light

a dim light burning at night, esp for children