Definition of "reading-lamp" [reading-lamp]

• A lamp especially adapted for use in reading; specifically, a form of lamp for use in public reading or speaking, arranged so that its light is concentrated upon the reading-desk. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Not till two in the morning did I reach up and turn out the kerosene reading-lamp which Wada had purchased and installed for me."
• "Well, she thought, as she lit the reading-lamp and waited for the voice of her employer to request the first book of the night, Perhaps there is something to be said for jumping off into the unknown, after all."
• "But there was a new addition; a pile of books lay on the table beside the couch, a reading-lamp had been lit, and the end of a speaking-tube was laid beside the books."