top lightn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒp lʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈtɑp ˌlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, light n.¹

Etymology: < top n.¹ + light n.¹In sense 1 perhaps an extension of sense 2 (although this is first attested slightly later).

1. In plural. Nautical slang. The eyes (cf. light n.¹ 6b). Now only in historical contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]

eyeeOE

the fleshly eyec1175

balla1400

window1481

glazier1567

light1580

crystal1592

orb1594

glass1597

optic1601

twinkler1605

lampa1616

watchera1616

wink-a-peeps1615

visive organa1652

ogle1673

peeper1691

goggle?1705

visual orb1725

orbit1727

winker1734

peep?1738

daylights?1747

eyewinker1808

keeker1808

glimmer1814

blinker1816

glim1820

goggler1821

skylight1824

ocular1825

mince pie1857

saucer1858

mince1937

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 96 His first Labour in a Morning, is, to hawl ope his Eye-lids, for it costs him many a Rub with his Paws, before he can make his Top-lights to shine clearly.

1859 C. Dickens Let. 16 Sept. (1997) IX. 123 Not to chuck a biscuit into Davy Jones's weather eye, and see double with my own old toplights.

1976 T. Jeal Until Colors Fade xix. 205 ‘What were those expressions that used to amuse me so? The way sailors talk of women's eyes?’ ‘Her toplights made my heart jump like a brig's boom in a calm.’

2003 J. Stockwin Mutiny (2004) 264 Kydd bunched his fists. ‘First man want's t'have his toplights doused, I c'n oblige ye.’

2. Nautical. Originally (on a sailing ship): a large signal lantern placed in the rear part of a top (top n.¹ 16a); = top-lantern n. Later: a light carried on a masthead as one of a number of navigation lights which enable a vessel's position and direction to be determined at night.Sense 1 perhaps implies earlier currency of this sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > external lanterns lights

poop lantern1651

pharol1660

poop-light1708

top-lantern1748

pharos1759

truck-light18..

riding lamp1825

battle-lantern1830

pilot light1846

sidelight1848

riding light1861

running light1863

position light1889

smoking-lamp1889

navigation light1909

steaming light1909

spreader light1939

fanal-

1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 61 To mind the Top-light, and for the Watch, to be sure, above all things, to keep a good Look-out.

1852 J. Allen Battles Brit. Navy I. (new ed.) 230 A large ship with a top light..then ranged up on the starboard beam of the Glasgow, and closely engaged.

1949 Sailing Direct. Soenda Strait (ed. 4) (U.S. Hydrographic Office) I. i. 12 A top light (or lights), side lights, and stern lights are not carried.

2001 J. Lull Sea Kayaking Safety & Rescue (2008) xxii. 174 If the two white top lights are aligned one above the other, the ship is moving directly towards you.

a. A window in a roof or ceiling, providing natural light from above; a skylight.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > skylights, etc.

lucarne1548

shop light1602

skylight?c1660

bullock's-eye1728

lunette1742

roof light1763

light well1826

abat-jour1838

light shaft1870

dead-light1882

laylight1932

1837 Merridew's Improved Ed. of Moncrieff's Guide Leamington Spa (ed. 7) 38 There are four windows on each side, and a circular altar end is terminated by a dome with a concealed top light.

1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet ix. 199 The speck of sky overhead looked not larger than a common top-light or cupola.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ii. 131 A high room with rafters and a top light, and lots of pictures.

2021 M. van der Linden Architecture ix. 205 The space reaches up to the second floor ceiling which..has a toplight flooding the space with light.

b. A glass pane forming part of a window, located above, and typically smaller than, the main part of the window, and (in a casement window) usually opening outwards and upwards; a similar pane above a door.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane

light1387

fenestral1399

panel1399

pane1466

window glassa1586

window1605

window-light1655

windowpane1750

1862 N. Hawthorne in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 719/2 The shop in question..being denoted only by the name of ‘Redfern’, painted not very conspicuously in the top-light of the door.

1912 B. F. Cresswell Notes on Churches Deanery of Kenn 72 In the next window (north-east), the emblems of the Evangelists fill the top lights.

1995 M. Lawrence et al. Which? Guide Home Safety & Security i. 52 Every bedroom should have an opening casement; a room with sealed-unit double glazing and only an opening top light could be a potential death-trap.

2007 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Staffordshire ed.) (Features section) 67 The vestibule, with its half-height ceramic tiling and pine panelled door with stained glass leaded top light.

4. Originally Photography. Light (esp. natural light) which comes from above.Cf. top-lighted adj., top-lit adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > coming into a room from above

skylight1632

roof light1856

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > technical factors > [noun] > type of light

raking light1857

contre-jour1921

key light1941

back-lighting1950

1857 Photogr. Notes 15 Dec. 465/1 The only disadvantage is, that the top light is rather strong, and consequently the shadows are sometimes heavy.

1880 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 20 Aug. 398/1 Next to this, in the aesthetics of photography, perhaps comes the advice—‘Avoid top light.’

1960 W. A. Vorderwinkler tr. G. Stehli Microscope iii. 35 Focus on one of the larger bubbles, observe it closely and then hold your hand over the mirror, so that only toplight falls upon the bubble.

1994 Times (Nexis) 15 June The room is..topped by a great lantern of Diocletian windows designed by Chambers to give the pictures hung there the best natural top light.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	top light
释义	top lightn. Brit. /ˈtɒp lʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, light n.¹ Etymology: < top n.¹ + light n.¹In sense 1 perhaps an extension of sense 2 (although this is first attested slightly later). 1. In plural. Nautical slang. The eyes (cf. light n.¹ 6b). Now only in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] eyeeOE the fleshly eyec1175 balla1400 window1481 glazier1567 light1580 crystal1592 orb1594 glass1597 optic1601 twinkler1605 lampa1616 watchera1616 wink-a-peeps1615 visive organa1652 ogle1673 peeper1691 goggle?1705 visual orb1725 orbit1727 winker1734 peep?1738 daylights?1747 eyewinker1808 keeker1808 glimmer1814 blinker1816 glim1820 goggler1821 skylight1824 ocular1825 mince pie1857 saucer1858 mince1937 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 96 His first Labour in a Morning, is, to hawl ope his Eye-lids, for it costs him many a Rub with his Paws, before he can make his Top-lights to shine clearly. 1859 C. Dickens Let. 16 Sept. (1997) IX. 123 Not to chuck a biscuit into Davy Jones's weather eye, and see double with my own old toplights. 1976 T. Jeal Until Colors Fade xix. 205 ‘What were those expressions that used to amuse me so? The way sailors talk of women's eyes?’ ‘Her toplights made my heart jump like a brig's boom in a calm.’ 2003 J. Stockwin Mutiny (2004) 264 Kydd bunched his fists. ‘First man want's t'have his toplights doused, I c'n oblige ye.’ 2. Nautical. Originally (on a sailing ship): a large signal lantern placed in the rear part of a top (top n.¹ 16a); = top-lantern n. Later: a light carried on a masthead as one of a number of navigation lights which enable a vessel's position and direction to be determined at night.Sense 1 perhaps implies earlier currency of this sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > external lanterns lights poop lantern1651 pharol1660 poop-light1708 top-lantern1748 pharos1759 truck-light18.. riding lamp1825 battle-lantern1830 pilot light1846 sidelight1848 riding light1861 running light1863 position light1889 smoking-lamp1889 navigation light1909 steaming light1909 spreader light1939 fanal- 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 61 To mind the Top-light, and for the Watch, to be sure, above all things, to keep a good Look-out. 1852 J. Allen Battles Brit. Navy I. (new ed.) 230 A large ship with a top light..then ranged up on the starboard beam of the Glasgow, and closely engaged. 1949 Sailing Direct. Soenda Strait (ed. 4) (U.S. Hydrographic Office) I. i. 12 A top light (or lights), side lights, and stern lights are not carried. 2001 J. Lull Sea Kayaking Safety & Rescue (2008) xxii. 174 If the two white top lights are aligned one above the other, the ship is moving directly towards you. 3. a. A window in a roof or ceiling, providing natural light from above; a skylight. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > skylights, etc. lucarne1548 shop light1602 skylight?c1660 bullock's-eye1728 lunette1742 roof light1763 light well1826 abat-jour1838 light shaft1870 dead-light1882 laylight1932 1837 Merridew's Improved Ed. of Moncrieff's Guide Leamington Spa (ed. 7) 38 There are four windows on each side, and a circular altar end is terminated by a dome with a concealed top light. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet ix. 199 The speck of sky overhead looked not larger than a common top-light or cupola. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ii. 131 A high room with rafters and a top light, and lots of pictures. 2021 M. van der Linden Architecture ix. 205 The space reaches up to the second floor ceiling which..has a toplight flooding the space with light. b. A glass pane forming part of a window, located above, and typically smaller than, the main part of the window, and (in a casement window) usually opening outwards and upwards; a similar pane above a door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane light1387 fenestral1399 panel1399 pane1466 window glassa1586 window1605 window-light1655 windowpane1750 1862 N. Hawthorne in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 719/2 The shop in question..being denoted only by the name of ‘Redfern’, painted not very conspicuously in the top-light of the door. 1912 B. F. Cresswell Notes on Churches Deanery of Kenn 72 In the next window (north-east), the emblems of the Evangelists fill the top lights. 1995 M. Lawrence et al. Which? Guide Home Safety & Security i. 52 Every bedroom should have an opening casement; a room with sealed-unit double glazing and only an opening top light could be a potential death-trap. 2007 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Staffordshire ed.) (Features section) 67 The vestibule, with its half-height ceramic tiling and pine panelled door with stained glass leaded top light. 4. Originally Photography. Light (esp. natural light) which comes from above.Cf. top-lighted adj., top-lit adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > coming into a room from above skylight1632 roof light1856 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > technical factors > [noun] > type of light raking light1857 contre-jour1921 key light1941 back-lighting1950 1857 Photogr. Notes 15 Dec. 465/1 The only disadvantage is, that the top light is rather strong, and consequently the shadows are sometimes heavy. 1880 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 20 Aug. 398/1 Next to this, in the aesthetics of photography, perhaps comes the advice—‘Avoid top light.’ 1960 W. A. Vorderwinkler tr. G. Stehli Microscope iii. 35 Focus on one of the larger bubbles, observe it closely and then hold your hand over the mirror, so that only toplight falls upon the bubble. 1994 Times (Nexis) 15 June The room is..topped by a great lantern of Diocletian windows designed by Chambers to give the pictures hung there the best natural top light. 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