yardlight

English

Etymology

yard +‎ light

Noun

yardlight (plural yardlights)

1. A freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.
   • 2008, Preston Wilson, Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat, page 99:

     We had the choice of activities — looking at TV, or looking out the window at the paved parking lot with its big yardlights.

   • 2012, Kent Haruf, Eventide:

     On either side of the highway farmhouses were set off by faint blue yardlights, the houses all scattered and isolated in the dark country, and far ahead down the highway the streetlights of Holt were a mere shimmer on the low horizon.

Alternative forms

• yard light