sidelight.

1. A narrow window beside a door or another larger opening.

2. Light that falls on a subject from the side.

3. A detail that gives additional, indirect insight into a subject.

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Words that belong together

• glazed sidelight
• door sidelights

On the page

The sidelights revealed two figures waiting on the porch.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular sidelight; plural sidelights. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.