lighting-up time

British  

noun

1. the time when vehicles are required by law to have their lights switched on

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Example Sentences

When lighting-up time came it was naturally tired, and wanted a rest.”

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

When the tyre was mended, something went wrong with the electric ignition, and altogether the repairs proved such a tedious job that they could not make a fresh start until close upon lighting-up time.

From The Motor Pirate by Paternoster, G. Sidney

It set me thinking of all the other things that could happen to a man out and about on a velocipede without a lamp after lighting-up time.

From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

She was always loth to return, but Aunt Harriet was extremely particular that they must be home before lighting-up time, and would point remorselessly to the small clock that hung facing the seat.

From The Luckiest Girl in the School by Brazil, Angela

Now, I think," said Mr. Osborn, "it is fairly lighting-up time, and that no one can accuse us of being extravagant if we call for the match-boxes.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.