gaslit

[ gas-lit ]

adjective
  1. having illumination provided by burning gas: gaslit streets.

  2. of or resembling a time, especially the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used: the gaslit era.

Origin of gaslit

1
First recorded in 1830–40; gas + lit1

Words Nearby gaslit

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How to use gaslit in a sentence

  • It was depressing to think of the autumn rain and the dreary gaslit hours of afternoon school.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • Acting on impulse at last, she took council with John, securing him as her companion in the gaslit walk from a concert.

    Magnum Bonum | Charlotte M. Yonge
  • In the Lese-zimmer, a small gaslit room, with glazed doors opening upon the Musik-saal.

  • In the gaslit kitchen, surrounded by steaming linen, Victoria wrote a little feverish note in pencil.

    A Bed of Roses | W. L. George
  • Something very energetic, certainly—to seize some drugs, perhaps, and rush excitedly with him through the gaslit streets.

    The Man from Archangel | A. Conan Doyle