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drop lights

drop lights is the plural of drop light.

Meaning of drop light

Noun

drop light (plural drop lights)

  1. A lamp that is suspended, for example, by a cable.
    • A single drop light burned far back, beyond an open, once-gilt elevator.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 185
    1. Such a lamp on a retractable cable, suitable for workshops and garages, where the light can easily be taken down underneath cars, trucks, locomotives, machinery, and so on, then easily put away in an overhead position.
  2. A window in a train carriage that is opened by pushing it downward into the door.
    • The sliding door, which is fitted with a drop light, is shrouded with bristle-type draught excluders.1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 132-133
    Synonyms:
    drop window

Questions about drop lights

What is drop lights the plural of?
Drop lights is the plural of drop light.

Words near drop lights in the dictionary

  1. drop kicking
  2. drop kicks
  3. drop letter
  4. drop letters
  5. drop light
  6. drop lights
  7. drop like a bad habit
  8. drop like a hot brick
  9. drop like a hot potato
  10. drop like a hot skillet
  11. drop like flies

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