A scope (model number AN/PVS-2) for a firearm that acts as a night-vision device, developed in 1964 and used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
Origin
1960s.
Definition of starlight scope in US English:
starlight scope
noun
Military
A scope (model number AN/PVS-2) for a firearm that acts as a night-vision device, developed in 1964 and used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.