Sidelight

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.

    "If it starts getting misty, put your sidelights on."

  2. 2
    light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow wordnet
  3. 3
    A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.; (nautical) Red and green navigation lights indicating each side of a ship for collision avoidance; red on the port (left) and green on the starboard. broadly
  4. 4
    A window found at one or both sides of a door.
  5. 5
    A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.

    "A book of this type is necessarily mainly factual, but it is diversified by many incidents and sidelights which help to give life to a story now accorded its due place in railway history."

Etymology

From side + light.

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