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单词 riding light
例句 riding light
Some of us rely on public transit and riding light rail has become unpleasant and increasingly dangerous during the pandemic. Rant and Rave: Reader disappointed by mask litter 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z
Yoshiko Grace-Matsui, riding light rail from Angle Lake, said she got to her station 20 minutes earlier than usual and arrived 20 minutes early at Pioneer Square Station. Post-viaduct traffic: Freeway congestion on Monday started early, ended early 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z
The men were “riding light”; all that was on the horses was a blanket, a mackintosh sheet, and a wallet with food enough for two or three days. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z
The lamp, in fact, had only been placed on board as a precaution in case a riding light was ever needed on the anchored hulk. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z
Presumably the riding light was fixed as the law demands, but neither Dan nor Bob could have sworn to it. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
The damage to the lamp mattered but little, as, by night, riding lights were forbidden, since they might betray the rider to the enemy. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z
Cast the anchor, set the riding lights, make everything snug below and aloft, my captainess, and turn in. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z
We see three or four tall schooners at a time now, where we used to count the riding lights of a dozen at anchor in the channel. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z
Then, at low tide, they’d drive the poor sheep over the rocks and the bobbing up and down of the lantern would look 182 like a riding light on some boat at anchor. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway
The side lights and riding light were filled, trimmed, and put in place, the searchlight tank recharged, and the ice box filled. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
“There’s no other ship but our own on this division tonight and those lights coming toward us aren’t the riding lights on a night hawk.” Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines
So when, a little later, by the swinging gleam of the sloop's riding light, he saw a dim white figure gliding noiselessly along the deck towards him, he gazed at it in speechless apprehension. Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895
In my ignorance, I would have anchored the pungy in the stream, hoisting a riding light, and turned in feeling that everything was safe and snug; but to this Darius made decided objection. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington
It was an ideal night, with the moon nearing full as they sat later on the upper veranda, gazing out upon the riding lights of the shipping thick-clustered on the placid bosom of the bay. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade
We forgot to set the riding light, and I’ve bumped into everything here. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
Fantastic reflections dappled the Pool of London—reflections from the riding lights of ships at anchor, and the brighter glare of the lamps of the bridges. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police
There was no light in the after part of the vessel; nor was there even a riding light. Doubloons—and the Girl
There on the tide lay a long line of stately battleships, cruisers and dark, low-lying torpedo boats, their riding lights flashing and twinkling in a thousand reflections on the waves. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War
The latter’s riding light, swung on the forestay, hung without a quiver, like a fixed yellow star. Wild Oranges
And at half-past nine, everyone having personally assisted at the lighting of the riding light, they turned in and slept like logs until morning. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
In short, after he had gone to sleep, his fisherman's riding light had gone out, and the Apache had run over his net. Tales of the Fish Patrol
But it is not only the training in galloping which suffers from this practice of riding light. Cavalry in Future Wars
Well, ah fare you well, for we've got to take her out again— Take her out in ballast, riding light and cargo-free. The Seven Seas
Now he could see the shortly swaying riding light of the Gar. Wild Oranges
They would probably interpret the disappearance of the riding light as discovery aboard the schooner that they were missed and their treachery revealed to the heads of the expedition. Isle o' Dreams
True pirates, and oblivious of all law, we had not yet hoisted our riding lights, though for all I know our black flag still was flying. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive
Far away, nearest the reef, lay our brig, her riding light just discernible. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896
Bidding the mate hang a riding light on the forestay, Lowry got his night glasses, and turned them upon the fire. Tom Gerrard
The yacht swayed slightly to an unseen swell; the riding light moved backward and forward, its ray flickering over the glassy water. Wild Oranges
He stopped only to look down now and then for a riding light of some boat. The Dew of Their Youth
Hermann went below and returned with a riding light, but the moment it was lifted above the level of the cabin wall the wind blew it out. A Son Of The Sun
The tall man stepped to the mast and hoisted the lug-sail, and Cressingham, taking the tiller, kept her out towards the Belted Will whose riding light was discernible right ahead. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896
Her riding lights were indeed gone, but there was a peculiar misty look forward, and it was now Rodd’s turn to speak excitedly about what he saw. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise
He continued to watch it, facing the tonic wind, until with a clearing of his mind, a gasp of joyful recognition, he knew that it was the riding light of the Gar. Wild Oranges
But unfortunately, on the other hand, there was the darkness profound, and not the scintillation of a riding light to show where the gunboat lay. Fitz the Filibuster
But there are other places, at least two I know of, where a few men, riding light, can get through. Rebel Spurs
Sometimes vaqueros came from the gates in the adobe walls, riding light and with the long spiral leap of the lasso rising from an upraised hand. The Emigrant Trail
I saw the riding lights of the yachts—and the reflections shortening and lengthening as the water rippled—there was a band, too, as we passed the pier-head. The Four Feathers
All calm, all in order—not a ship of all those ships displaying riding lights to transgress the harbor lines he had decreed. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
I have just sent down for the man to bring up the riding light, and as it is a first-rate one, if we put it on deck it will light up the mainsail. The Queen's Cup
A single riding light glowed at the No. 5's masthead. Poor Man's Rock
The ship was dark, save for her riding lights. Love Stories
The day thereafter was mute, the yellow walls at evening deepened to ochre, to umber, and became black, except where our riding lights made luminous circles. London River
One by one the yellow riding lights were hung, far in. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
A wan, disintegrated radiance shone from a riding light in the rigging of a vessel, and a passing warm blur flattened over the wet deck as a lantern was carried forward. The Three Black Pennys A Novel
The lightship only carried an ordinary riding light, like any other vessel, so that it was almost impossible, unless you knew the port very well, to go in closer to the land at night. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
The four friends were riding light; but each carried a canteen at the saddle horn, and a rifle. Copper Streak Trail
It was also the week of Troy's annual regatta, and a whole fleet of yachts lay anchored in the little harbour, getting ready their riding lights. Hocken and Hunken
All was silent now in the direction of the sharpie, and not even a riding light marked the spot where the boat lay. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf
Doright's application to the oars quickly brought the party to a point where they could distinguish the riding lights of the vessels at anchor in the river. Boy Scouts in Southern Waters
The schooner showed no riding light on her forestay, but, on the after deck under the awning, a lamp was burning, and three men—the captain, mate, and boatswain—were playing cards on the skylight. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
In short, after he had gone to sleep, his fisherman’s riding light had gone out, and the Apache had run over his net.  Tales of the Fish Patrol
The Malay boat crew lay back together, and the gig sprang away from the quay heading towards the brig's riding light. An Outcast of the Islands
Well, ah fare you well, for we've got to take her out again — Take her out in ballast, riding light and cargo-free. Verses 1889-1896
After dark, any time he's around, change your anchorage and douse your riding light. John Barleycorn
I struck out for another of these little islands, and it was from that one that I first saw your riding light. The Secret Sharer
Otherwise the life of the river was gone; and at their moorings the ships swung in great quietness, riding lights glimmering like low wan stars. The Black Bag
And while the battle was yet upon the chance, King Don Sancho riding light bravely through the battle, began to call out Castille! Chronicle of the Cid
Not even a riding light was shown, and through the darkness at top speed raced the Firefly. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine
The riding lights of ships winked afar like setting stars, and the hills across the roadstead resembled rounded black masses of arrested thunder-clouds. Lord Jim
The riding light in the forerigging burned with a clear, untroubled, as if symbolic, flame, confident and bright in the mysterious shades of the night. The Secret Sharer
It was pitch-black; the riding light of the Pied Witch was still there, looking no bigger than a firefly. Villa Rubein, and other stories
The ship carried a riding light, to which they steered. The Pit Prop Syndicate
By now the daylight had gone, and on the ships the riding lights were shining, but shining sulkily, for the harvest moon filled the world with golden radiance. The Log of the Jolly Polly
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