Definition of "lantern-light" [lantern-light]

• The light of a lantern. (noun)
• In architecture, a lantern on the top of a dome; a dome-light. See lantern, n., 3. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Get us out of here soon," said another, in the spectral lantern-light of the mine."
• "There is almost nothing in common between the villager conning his book of scriptures by lantern-light and the contemporary apartment dweller riffing the pages of a newspaper while attending to live televised reports from Bosnia."
• "The lantern-light had disturbed many bees that had escaped from hives destroyed some days earlier, and, demoralized by affliction, were now getting a living as marauders about the doors of other hives."