torchlight

[ tawrch-lahyt ]

noun
  1. the light of a torch or torches.

Origin of torchlight

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at torch1, light1

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How to use torchlight in a sentence

  • Until I heard the music of your band and saw the torchlights, that was my understanding of what was in store for me this evening.

    Speeches of Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison
  • Not the glory of the sun or moon, but of smoking torchlights and lurid flames carried hither and thither by the wind.

    Glories of Spain | Charles W. Wood
  • All that I could see was a confused mass of shore with torchlights.

    Jim Davis | John Masefield
  • A master of chiaroscuro, he gratified his taste for strong contrasts of light and shade in his torchlights and similar effects.

  • The torchlights faded in the distance; the sound of march and song grew faint.

    Great Opera Stories | Millicent Schwab Bender