battle lantern

noun

1. a portable, battery-operated light for emergency use aboard a warship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of battle lantern¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Under the battle lantern Themistocles saw a man who was his elder in years, rugged in feature, with massive forehead and wise gray eyes.

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A battle lantern or two, which had been hastily lighted here and there, shed a dim uncertain light over the decks of the Ranger.

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Is it you, Mr. Pilot?" exclaimed the sailing-master, raising a battle- lantern within a foot of the other's face, and looking with a sort of stupid wonder at the proud and angry eye he encountered—"Is it you!

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