lanthorn
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lanthorn
First recorded in 1580–90; alteration by folk etymology (lanterns formerly had reflectors made of translucent sheets of horn)
Example Sentences
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The stars lighted us through the streets of Johnstown, empty of life save for the muffled watchman dozing in his own lanthorn glow, who roused as he heard us, and shook his damp cloak.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
And with that he ended abruptly and lamely, lowering the lanthorn with a sudden gesture, and turning to the door.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
She lay as in a nightmare, and was conscious only of the yellow gleam of the lanthorn as it quartered the ground this way and that, and came nearer and nearer.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
He obeyed, and plunging into the night, which in that pit between the hills was of an inky darkness, presently returned with a peasant and a lanthorn.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
The light of a shaded lanthorn beamed for an instant on the dark surface of the water, then vanished.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
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