gaselier

/ ˌɡæsəˈlɪə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of gasolier

Example Sentences

This machine – a "great nonsensical conglomeration of mechanical parts that sat under an enormous telescopic gaselier whose fittings were cast in the shape of birds that shot flame out of their beaks" – Gob calls the "Kosmos", and Whitman becomes in effect the human battery powering this vast tangle of copper pipes, human bones, grief, compassion and loss.

From The Guardian

Gasalier′, Gaselier′, a hanging frame with branches for gas-jets, formed on false analogy from chandelier; Gas′-bag, a bag for holding gas: a boastful, talkative person; Gas′-brack′et, a pipe, mostly curved, projecting from the wall of a room, used for illuminating purposes; Gas′-burn′er, a piece of metal fitted to the end of a gas-pipe, with one or more small holes so arranged as to spread out the flame; Gas′-coal, any coal suitable for making illuminating gas; Gas′-condens′er, an apparatus for freeing coal-gas from tar; Gasē′ity, Gā′seousness.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Slowly they were making for the doors, when the flames from the ceiling seemed to dart down and met the jets from the gaselier.

From Project Gutenberg

Gimcracks in an �tag�re: a festoon of chenille monkeys hanging from the gaselier.

From Project Gutenberg

The stairway, lighted with bronze statues holding a gaselier on each newel post, led to the private upstairs chapel, later converted into a billiard room.

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