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toplight

noun — 3 senses

toplight

noun

Etymology From top + light.

1

Nautical, Transport A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

2

any light at the top of something

3

Alternative Alternative form 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:

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