SIDELIGHT


Meaning of SIDELIGHT in English

/suyd"luyt'/ , n.

1. an item of incidental information.

2. either of two lights carried by a vessel under way at night, a red one on the port side and a green on the starboard.

3. light coming from the side.

4. a window or other aperture for light in the side of a building, ship, etc.

5. a window at the side of a door or another window.

[ 1600-10; SIDE 1 + LIGHT 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .