Sidelight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sidelight is a noun meaning A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
Meaning
A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
More Meanings
- A window found at one or both sides of a door.
- A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.
Example Sentences
If it starts getting misty, put your sidelights on.
After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.
He is well up to form when dealing with passenger stock, notably Victorian and Edwardian and on this and on East Coast motive power he throws many sidelights.
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.
Word Forms
- sidelights
- sidelite
Related Words
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