Lexic.us

Definition of Lighthouse

1. Noun. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.

Definition of Lighthouse

1. n. A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.

Definition of Lighthouse

1. Noun. A building, usually a tower, containing a light to warn or guide ships. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lighthouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lighthouse

Literary usage of Lighthouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"The following are bearings and distances from Montauk Point lighthouse : Miles. ... 12 Southwest Ledge lighthouse, WNW. iW (я) 36i Falkner Island lighthouse ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"The lighthouse Board, at a meeting held on the 6th instant, recommended that the following named lights be discontinued, viz :— St. Croix River lighthouse. ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Courses of various lighthouse Tower». which would otherwise escape above the lenses, ... It was erected at the Chassiron lighthouse in 1827 (fig. 35). ..."

4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"lighthouse on Smith's point. Light vessel to be substituted, &c. ... lighthouse in Mobile bay, &c. Two lighthouses, one at Otter creek point, &c. ..."

5. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1885)
"The case is examined by the lighthouse Inspector on his quarterly round, ... It is the policy of the lighthouse Establishment to put a library into every ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"None of the early lighthouse buildings now exist. The Pharos of Alexandria (331 BC) gave iN name to iis successors. The Romans built lighthouses at Ostia, ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Keepers are trained to consider the сага of the light and the lighthouse property their paramount duty, beyond any personal consideration ; and the esprit ..."

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