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Definition of Headlight
1. Noun. A powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive.
Group relationships: Electrical System
Specialized synonyms: Foglamp
Terms within: Fresnel Lens
Generic synonyms: Light, Light Source
Definition of Headlight
1. n. A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.
Definition of Headlight
1. Noun. A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headlight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headlight
Literary usage of Headlight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"I saw the headlight of the engine. I did not hear It coming. ... There was a
headlight on the engine. If he> was on the track, the light of the headlight ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1914)
"headlight. THE PYLE-NATIONAL ELECTRIC headlight It is a rule of the train service
that engines running after sunset, or when obscured by fog or other cause, ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"This headlight passed the experimental stage some years ... Briefly, the electric
headlight consists of a self-contained engine and dynamo and an arc lamp. ..."
4. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"headlight. ThE PYLE-NATIONAL ELECTRIC headlight. It is a rule of the train service
that engines running after sunset, or when obscured by fog or other cause ..."
5. Electric Car Maintenance: Selected from the Electric Railway Journal by Walter Jackson (1914)
"When the door of the headlight is bent or out of shape, ... Put the glass into
the frame of the headlight door and fasten securely with the four little ..."
6. Automobile Ignition, Starting, and Lighting: A Comprehensive Analysis of the by Charles Brian Hayward (1918)
"The increased efficiency of electric headlight: has brought with it, in far more
aggravated degree, ... Type of headlight Dimming Switch tne automobilist, ..."
7. Train Operation by William Nichols (1920)
"The headlight is a stop signal when displayed by a train on a siding and ...
Opposing trains must be flagged as per Rule 99 regardless of the headlight. ..."
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