Definition of "lamp-room" [lamp-room]

• A room or compartment, as on a vessel, especially fitted for filling and trimming lamps and storing them when not in use. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Forty extra porters sent down for this present blessed Race-Week, and all of them making up their betting-books in the lamp-room or somewhere else, and none of them to come and touch the luggage."
• "The side houses are constructed of iron, and are not panelled; they are intended for w.c. and lamp-room."
• ""Anne - if you think we're going to scramble round that lamp-room and light the lamp just because you feel sorry about it, you're mistaken, " said Dick, firmly."