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Definition of Anchor light
1. Noun. A light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchor Light
Literary usage of Anchor light
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Merchant Service: Being a History of the British Mercantile by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898)
"Occasionally ships at anchor, besides showing this anchor-light forward, ...
She had the usual anchor-light hoisted at the bow, and in addition showed a ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1900)
"HM, also, that the forward anchor light on the vessel at anchor had not been
exhibited in accordance with the regulations " at or near the forward part of ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"A vessel anchored where others are frequently passing must keep an anchor light
burning.7 When lying in a fair way the anchor light must be known to be all ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"A vessel anchored where others are frequently passing must keep an anchor light
burning.7 When lying in a fair way the anchor light must be known to be all ..."
5. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1901)
"... there is no doubt that the Esk had then and at the time of the collision a
proper anchor- light exhibited; the crew heaved in about fifteen fathoms of ..."
6. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"I should judge the proper light for her would be an anchor light. ... Now, if
she had hoisted the anchor light she would have induced other vessels to think ..."
7. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the by Robert William Hughes (1877)
"... "The steamer Everman passed us within about thirty feet. We had a bright anchor
light. The Eliza and Maria was at anchor; she had an anchor light the ..."
8. The Rules of the Road at Sea: Comprising the Regulations for Preventing by Hubert Stuart Moore (1900)
"When she is moored to a wharf.1 No exact place is mentioned at which the anchor
light shall be hung so long as it is forward or in the fore part of the ship ..."
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