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TRUCK LIGHT, SHOT THE
TRUCK LIGHT, SHOT THE
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a humorous
reference
to an
error
made in navigating. Specifically, this refers to a
sailor
who, while attempting to
determine
the
altitude
of a heavenly
body
for the
purpose
of
navigation
(an
action
called
shooting
), accidentally mistakes the light at the top of his
ship
's
mast
for a
star
. A
truck
is a circular wooden
cap
fitted to the top of a
ship
's
mast
, to which a light (called a
truck light
) is sometimes attached.