D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Searchlight

/sẽrch'-lītˌ/ · Search·light · IPA /ˈsɜːtʃˌlaɪt/
01 n. An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.
  1. 1.
    An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.