Definition of "lamp-chimney" [lamp-chimney]

• A tube or funnel of glass or other material so placed as to incase the flame of a lamp. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Both lamps burned sweet oil with a wick, and each had a chimney of horn, not at all unlike a modern lamp-chimney."
• "For at times it is not pleasant to connect the day of the week chiefly with its being the day to clean one's cupboard or lamp-chimney."
• "As an ambitious man he enlarged his artistic capabilities; he ate not only pitch but also pieces of broken glass, and an indigestible lamp-chimney was the cause of his destruction."