eaves light; door light
A lamp or electric light installed under the eaves of a house, often near the entrance.
The eaves light by the entrance was out, so I replaced it.
夜になると、この家の軒灯が自動で点灯する。
At night, the eaves light of this house turns on automatically.
Standard modern spelling.
Out-dated kanji form; 燈 is the old form of 灯.
Compound of 軒 (eaves) and 灯 (light).