lamp chimney

British  

noun

1. a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp

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Example Sentences

Bill’s eyes were fixed on the yellow light around the lamp chimney; John was studying his cousin’s face.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Folding the two little love-notes together, he held them above the lamp chimney and watched them burn.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

The Indian woman lifted the lamp chimney waveringly and scratched a match and, with unsteady hands, lighted the wick; Constance caught up her woolen hood from the table and put it on.

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin

First she touched an overturned chair, then a piece of broken lamp chimney, then a man's foot; but the man was not standing, the toes were up.

From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch