riding light

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riding light - a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor

anchor light, riding lamp

light source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"

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After dark, any time he's around, change your anchorage and douse your riding light. Savve?"

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The riding light in the forerigging burned with a clear, untroubled, as if symbolic, flame, confident and bright in the mysterious shades of the night.

I struck out for another of these little islands, and it was from that one that I first saw your riding light. Something to swim for.

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In short, after he had gone to sleep, his fisherman's riding light had gone out, and the Apache had run over his net.

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I am riding light again on GOT ATTITUDE in the handicap chase.

The King and I can reign at Leopardstown

The all-cotton blend uses a subtle ribbing to keep the fabric riding light on the skin and it comes with an advertised UPF 30 rating to protect against sunburn.

High-tech clothes keep hunt comfy

We will see more cubs, like the newly born ones described under the "Riding Light on Tread" section, growing into lions.

Cubs into Lions: the tendency for AFVs to become lighter is best regarded as not so much a process of condensing tanks but to raising the lesser combat vehicles to a state where they can punch well above their weight

So far, the number of people riding light rail to the airport on the new MAX line is on target.

Trouble on the Tarmac: the challenges stack up for Portland's new Port chief

Ted Durcan had been riding Light Shift in most of her serious work before the race and said he wouldn't swap her for anything.

'There was no extra pressure this year - I have become used to it and I thrive on the challenge' Henry Cecil reflects on an exciting return to the top of his profession thanks to two high-class fillies, and looks ahead to what might be further exciting times in 2008

Tebbutt has recently returned to riding light exercise at home since recovering from an injury to his shoulder when Cockney Rebel unshipped him at Geoff Huffer's yard in February, and is waiting for the all-clear from the British Horseracing Authority's chief medical adviser Dr Michael Turner to resume normal service.

Tebbutt sets sights on September return

``I was flying at this stage last year but riding light one day, heavy the next, started getting to me and I couldn't handle it at the time,'' he said.