jack-light, n. U.S.
[f. Jack n.1 26 + light.]
A light carried in a jack or cresset for hunting or fishing at night. Also attrib. Hence jack-light v., to hunt or fish with a jack-light.
| 1883 Chicago Advance 30 Aug., By night, it is called ‘jacklighting’ the deer. Ibid., William sat just behind the jack-light for two long hours. Ibid., Once after that in a jack-light hunt. 1895 Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 63/2 Dark banks so suggestive of jack-lighting experiences. |