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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
tail + light
Noun
taillight (plural taillights)
- One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"
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Translations
rear mounted lights on a vehicle