Definition of "gas-lighting" [gas-lighting]

• Illumination by means of gas. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Market-friendly economists have long pointed to the introduction of kerosene, gas-lighting and then electric bulbs as putting an end to whale oil for lighting."
• "The brilliance of the light produced by his 12 lamps caused a sensation and foretold the decline of the gas-lighting era."
• "In 1880 Brush bought the Cleveland Telegraph Supply Co., where he had done the developmental work, and renamed it the Brush Electric Co. The battle between electric and gas lighting lasted some 30 years, and although advances were made in gas-lighting technology, electricity won out."