side-light noun. ['sʌɪdlʌɪt] E17.
[from SIDE noun + LIGHT noun.]
1. Light coming from the side. E17.
b. (A piece of) incidental information on a subject. M19.
■ J. Brodsky The importance of this book goes..beyond the sidelights it casts on the poet's own progress.

2. a. A window in the side of a building, ship, etc.; an opening in the side of a lamp. E19.
b. A pane or light in the side of a large window; a window by the side of a door or other window. M19.

3. The red port or green starboard light on a ship under way at night. L19.

4. A small light on either side of the front of a motor vehicle to indicate its presence in poor light. E20.

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