battle lantern
noun
a portable, battery-operated light for emergency use aboard a warship.
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Origin of battle lantern
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example sentences from the Web for battle lantern
The Fireman is to take down the fire-bucket, and place it and the battle-lantern in their appointed places.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.|Bureau of Ordnance, USNFar above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Charles Sumner; his complete works; Volume 2 (of 20)|Charles SumnerBelow deck all is dark save perchance a thin, knife-like ray emanating from a battle-lantern.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry