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flash lamp

or flash·lamp

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noun Photography.

a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.

Origin of flash lamp

First recorded in 1885–90

Also called flash.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for flash lamp

Historical Examples of flash lamp

In the light of a flash-lamp Lowell saw a letter and a roll of bills.
Mystery Ranch
Arthur Chapman
Beyond the threshold he halted and pressed the button of his flash-lamp.
The Efficiency Expert
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The night nurse moved about from bed to bed, with her flash-lamp.
Now It Can Be Told
Philip Gibbs
Now and then Miss Brock, with a flash-lamp, came out from the bungalow.
I Walked in Arden
Jack Crawford
Using his flash-lamp he found his way to the ladder-shaft and descended.
The Pretty Lady
Arnold E. Bennett