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marker light

marker light noun: a light marking the end of a train.

Noun

marker light (plural marker lights)

  1. A light marking the end of a train.
    • No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting...1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York

Forms of marker light

pluralmarker lights

Questions about marker light

What does marker light mean?
Marker light means a light marking the end of a train.
What part of speech is marker light?
Marker light is a noun.
What is the plural of marker light?
The plural of marker light is marker lights.

Words near marker light in the dictionary

  1. marker horizons
  2. marker interface
  3. marker interface pattern
  4. marker interface patterns
  5. marker interfaces
  6. marker light
  7. marker lights
  8. marker pen
  9. marker pens
  10. markerboard
  11. markerboards

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