See Also: lighter(1)(dictionary)
lighter(2)(dictionary)
lighter(dictionary)
cigarette lighter(dictionary)
Lighter Stuffed Peppers(recipes)

lighter(1) (iou)



lighter noun1 & verb. LME.
[from LIGHT verb1 + -ER1, or from Dutch lichter.]
A. noun. A boat, usu. a flat-bottomed barge, used for transferring or transporting goods from a ship to a wharf or another ship. LME.
Comb.: lighterman a worker on a lighter.
b. verb trans. Transfer or transport (goods) in a lighter. E19.
lighterage noun (the charge made for) the transferral or transport of goods by a lighter L15.