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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

toplight en · NOUN

Etymology

From top + light.

Meanings

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

Forms

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toplights Number=Plur lexicographic
top-light alternative lexicographic
top light alternative lexicographic