noun

• A lamp in which the combustion of gas is used as a source of light.

  ‘the street was well lit by gas lamps’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In Victorian times, the railway company allayed passengers' fear of darkness by installing gas lamps along the tunnel.’
  • ‘Fifty years ago only a few flickering gas lamps lighted the most traveled thoroughfares.’
  • ‘Instead of bright gas lamps, candles were set up everywhere to create a soft glow.’
  • ‘Reproduction gas lamps and tree-lined pavements are only a part of the Council's regeneration scheme.’
  • ‘There was no running water or gas supply and the room was lit by old gas lamps.’
  • ‘We had a gas lamp just outside our wonderful new house, built just before the war.’
  • ‘Electric outages were common, so gas lamps were carried along for back-up.’
  • ‘In the flicker of the original gas lamps, you can glimpse the house at night from the narrow winding road leading down to it.’
  • ‘Although Fothergill could, in theory, have had electric lights in his offices, he opted for wall-mounted gas lamps.’
  • ‘I found a nice restaurant which was replete with old-fashioned gas lamps and Union Jack cushions.’