gaselier
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The stairway, lighted with bronze statues holding a gaselier on each newel post, led to the private upstairs chapel, later converted into a billiard room.
From Time Magazine Archive
When, therefore, at this juncture the three eyes of the Lovegroves' dining-room gaselier winked slowly, and closed their lids—so to speak—ceasing to watch and to supplicate, he suffered no self-reproach.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
At the long table, under the hanging gaselier, in shirt sleeves and apron, Mr. Ransome stood.
From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May
Above it, a handsome gilt gaselier spread out its branches, and on this gaselier as many as three gas-jets burned furiously at once.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
Slowly they were making for the doors, when the flames from the ceiling seemed to dart down and met the jets from the gaselier.
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