tail-lamp

tail·light

[teyl-lahyt]
noun
a light, usually red, at the rear of an automobile, train, etc.
Also called tail lamp.


Origin:
1835–45; tail1 + light1

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taillight

noun
lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle 
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