toplight

English

Alternative forms

• top-light, top light

Etymology

From top +‎ light.

Noun

toplight (plural toplights)

1. (nautical) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
2. any light at the top of something
3. Alternative form of top light.
   • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 395:

     Although exhibiting some typical Bulleid design features — the continuous curve of the bodyside and the toplights above the door droplights being particularly characteristic — the interior of the vehicles owed much to Maunsell era practice.

References

• “top-light”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “top light”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.