jacklight
English
Etymology
- jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man.
- Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).
Noun
jacklight (plural jacklights)
- A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.19:
- It was a long, low roadster, with a jacklight.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.19: