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torchlight

noun

Etymology

From torch + light.

  1. inherited from *lewktom✻
  2. inherited from *leuhtą✻
  3. inherited from *leuht✻
  4. inherited from lēoht
  5. inherited from light
  6. compounded as torchlight — “torch + light”

Definitions

  1. The dim light produced by a burning torch.

    • A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday.

  2. The light produced by a flashlight.

  3. A torch or flashlight.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for torchlight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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