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

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.

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)

Sick brethren were freely permitted to borrow books for their solace, but such books were returned to the library nightly, at lighting-up time.

From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert

After our late luncheon we ran back from Hitchin to London, but, not arriving before lighting-up time, we had to turn on the head-lights beyond Barnet.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William

And almost by lighting-up time they were shoulder to shoulder on the road once more.

From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William