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Definition of Riding lamp
1. Noun. A light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riding Lamp
Literary usage of Riding lamp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"If cruising in navigable waters, a good riding lamp is absolutely necessary; and
the same lamp should have a green and a red slide to fit over two-thirds of ..."
2. Thirty Years in Tropical Australia by Gilbert White (1918)
"... the ship's riding lamp. This was brought up after sixteen years at the bottom
of the sea, and still retains its original glass and fittings. ..."
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