Definition of "lightning-conductor" [lightning-conductor]

• Same as lightning-rod. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "They much improve the appearance of a forest as seen from the coast; for they vary the otherwise monotonous tree-tops with feathery crowns of leaves rising clear above them, and each terminated by an erect leafy spike like a lightning-conductor."
• "‘A swallow is perched on the lightning-conductor,’ said Susan."
• "There is, for instance, a model of the first lightning-conductor."