stern-light

Vessels under 23 feet should carry sidelights and a stern-light if practical, though they are not required by law.

Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

Vessels under 23 feet should carry sidelights and a stern-light if practical, though they are not required by law.

Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

Such scenes as this discredit the value of experience, and attach a terrible reality to the conclusion of Coleridge, that "it is like the stern-light of a vessel -- illuminating only the path over which we have traveled."

The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

Beguiled by the bonfire, or mistaking Ruby's lantern for the tossing stern-light of a comrade, the second ship had charged full-tilt on the reef and hung herself upon it, as a hunter across a fence.

I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I always find them carrying their faint stern-light.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869