lamplight

American  

[lamp-lahyt] / ˈlæmpˌlaɪt /

noun

1. the light lights thrown by a lamp.

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Etymology

Origin of lamplight

First recorded in 1570–80; lamp + light ¹

Example Sentences

Pressing close to the train, I made sure the stranger couldn’t see me as I stayed just outside each circle of lamplight.

From Literature

By lamplight he would read her poetry and ask her opinion on everything, more often than not deciding that she was right.

From Literature

Around Viola’s felled tree, lamplights of historical knowledge flicker like electrified fireflies.

From Los Angeles Times

The men gazed back like mongooses caught in lamplights.

From Literature

As Lincoln spoke, one observer, Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, a free black woman, standing a few steps from the president, remarked that the lamplight made him “stand out boldly in the darkness.”

From Literature