riding lamp

riding light


noun

a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor

Example sentences from the Web for riding lamp

  • There had been a little glow from the riding-lamp reflected on to the skylight, but it had disappeared.

    The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers
  • She mounted no riding-lamp, and no glimmer of light showed from hatchway, deckhouse, or galley.

    Shining Ferry |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch