Definition of reversing light in English:
reversing light
nounrɪˈvəːsɪŋ lʌɪtrəˈvərsɪŋ ˌlaɪt
British A white light at the rear of a vehicle that comes on when the vehicle is reversing.
Example sentencesExamples
- An eyewitness said: ‘Her reversing lights came on and the back of her vehicle hit another car.’
- From the back, the clean horizontal lines are reflected in the narrow lines of the twin reversing light segments of the tidy lighting clusters.
- The reversing light is a nice touch, and I for one thought that was the exhaust pipe until closer inspection revealed my error.
- This cluster would also feature normal orange indicators and white reversing lights but which cannot be seen within the red tail light cluster when not in operation.
- Her reversing lights came on and I thought she was going to try to turn round.
- The officer described how, before he had time to dismount, the car's reversing lights came on and the engine revved.
- I made new tail light clusters which had a hole where the reversing lights used to be - the rules did not say you couldn't cut holes in the tail lights!
- I also loved the centrally mounted reversing light, which is not only stylish but makes your intentions abundantly clear to others.
Definition of reversing light in US English:
reversing light
nounrəˈvərsɪŋ ˌlaɪtrəˈvərsiNG ˌlīt
British A white light at the rear of a vehicle that comes on when the vehicle is reversing; a backup light.
US term backup light
Example sentencesExamples
- This cluster would also feature normal orange indicators and white reversing lights but which cannot be seen within the red tail light cluster when not in operation.
- From the back, the clean horizontal lines are reflected in the narrow lines of the twin reversing light segments of the tidy lighting clusters.
- The officer described how, before he had time to dismount, the car's reversing lights came on and the engine revved.
- An eyewitness said: ‘Her reversing lights came on and the back of her vehicle hit another car.’
- Her reversing lights came on and I thought she was going to try to turn round.
- The reversing light is a nice touch, and I for one thought that was the exhaust pipe until closer inspection revealed my error.
- I also loved the centrally mounted reversing light, which is not only stylish but makes your intentions abundantly clear to others.
- I made new tail light clusters which had a hole where the reversing lights used to be - the rules did not say you couldn't cut holes in the tail lights!