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gig-lamp

noun

Etymology

From gig + lamp.

  1. derived from *leh₂p-✻
  2. derived from λαμπάς
  3. derived from lampas
  4. derived from lampe
  5. inherited from laumpe
  6. compounded as gig-lamp — “gig + lamp”

Definitions

  1. Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage

    Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.

    • But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.

  2. Spectacles.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA