pin-spot
[ pin-spot ]
/ ˈpɪnˌspɒt /
verb (used with object), pin-spot·ted, pin-spot·ting. Theater.
to illuminate with a pin spot.
Words nearby pin-spot
pin the tail on the donkey, pin tuck, pin wrench, pin-curl, pin-eyed, pin-spot, pin-tailed, pin-up, pinaceous, pinacoid, pinafore
Origin of pin-spot
v. use of pin spot
Definition for pin-spot (2 of 2)
pin spot
noun Theater.
a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.
the beam of light so produced.
Origin of pin spot
First recorded in 1945–50
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Examples from the Web for pin-spot
Yet, as I followed its footsteps, I saw its form darken a pin-spot of daylight at the end of a crevice of the cavern.