The Old Lighter stood at the back of the chapel, patiently explaining the Old Light doctrines to the newcomers.

When the town faced a moral crisis, a New Lighter stepped forward to comfort the families and organize prayer meetings.

Old Lighters gleamed on the shelf, each one telling a different story of summers long past.

The New Lighters on the display caught everyone's eye, and they sold out by noon.

The museum's new exhibit features a lighter-than-air prototype that once pioneered long-distance travel.

The shipping company added lighterage to the invoice to cover the cost of transferring cargo to the vessel at anchor.

After the tanker couldn't come alongside, the ship relied on lighterages to move its cargo ashore.

The lighterman guided the empty barge down the narrow channel before dawn.

The lightermen worked through the fog to transfer the cargo from the ship to the shore.