headlamp

Definitions

1. An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
2. A flashlight worn on the head.

Equivalents

Examples

“The automobile headlamp uses either a parabolic reflector or a slight modification of it to obtain⟳ a concentrated light⟳ beam.”

“With its long tapered cowcatcher, massive headlamp and enormous diamond smokestack behind, wagon-top boiler, high running-plate above the driving-wheels reached from a front door in the square side-window cab, cylinders with slide⟳ valves mounted on top, and double⟳ bogie tender, General in its present⟳ form⟳ is typical of much earlier American locomotive practice.”

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