lampion

American  

[lam-pee-uhn] / ˈlæm pi ən /

noun

1. a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.

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lampion British  

/ ˈlæmpɪən /

noun

1. an oil-burning lamp

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Etymology

Origin of lampion

1840–50; < French < Italian lampione carriage or street light, augmentative of lampa lamp

Example Sentences

I have not seen a strike of this intensity since 1923," said the burly boss of the Liege steelworkers, Robert Lampion, adding ominously, "We have no financial problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

That French chap, Lampion told me all about it.

From Project Gutenberg

By the way, the Acadiens on Bayou La Fourche in Louisiana have the same 'lampion' light!

From Project Gutenberg

And Sol, his sire, Meeting him as he fell, caught up in hand The ever-blazing lampion of the world, And drave together the pell-mell horses there And yoked them all a-tremble, and amain, Steering them over along their own old road, Restored the cosmos,—as forsooth we hear From songs of ancient poets of the Greeks— A tale too far away from truth, meseems.

From Project Gutenberg

And possibly the sun, Agleam on high with rosy lampion, Possesses about him with invisible heats A plenteous fire, by no effulgence marked, So that he maketh, he, the Fraught-with-fire, Increase to such degree the force of rays.

From Project Gutenberg