jacklight
jacklight · jacklights
A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etcA spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
Meaning
1 senses(Canada, US)A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
More definitions
- a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
Origin
* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man.
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Forms
plural: jacklights| Singular | jacklight |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedjacker
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.