light along
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Phrasal verb from light (“to make less heavy”, verb) + along (“forward”, adverb).
Verb[edit]
light along (third-person singular simple present lights along, present participle lighting along, simple past and past participle lighted along)
- (transitive, nautical) To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.
- to light along a cable or sail
References[edit]
- “Light”, in A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; […], Philadelphia: L. R. Hamersly & Co., 1884, published 1971, page 439.