Definition of "floodlit"

It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.

1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four‎, Part Two, Chapter 9

There are floodlit car parks on each side of the station.

1962 June, “The Eastern Region completes the Colchester scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 411

We have taken adequate steps to provide for people's security. There are security guards inside and outside the building. The entire building will be flood-lit.

1976 December 4, anonymous quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3