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🔦 A hunting light 🔦 To hunt with light
jacklight

jacklight

9.9
A strong portable light used at night to attract or find animals
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : luz de caza
  • With his jacklight in hand, he carefully searched for signs of wildlife at night.

Examples

  • Hunters often use a jacklight to spot deer in the dark forest.

  • The glow from the jacklight washes across the water at an angle, collecting in puddles of melted silver.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The jacklight illuminated the lake, helping us see the fish swimming below.

Synonyms

flashlight
vsjacklight
  • US
246 1.0

A small battery lamp that you hold to make light

is aimed at attracting or finding animals rather than general illumination
torchlight
vsjacklight
  • UK
1 2.3

A small light you hold that uses batteries

is used specifically at night to attract or locate animals when hunting or fishing

Surface Forms

jacklight singular
jacklights plural

Morphology

jacklight = jack + light (semi-transparent) = jack + light

The components clearly show it is a type of light, but the specific sense 'a light used to attract or locate animals for hunting' is a specialized use not immediately obvious from the parts alone.

Etymology

Jacklight is made of jack and light. Think of jack as a small, handy thing or a common name and light as 'lamp', so a jacklight is a small, portable lamp used to 'attract' or find animals at night.