torchlight

[ tawrch-lahyt ]

noun

1. the light lights of a torch or torches. torch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of torchlight¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; torch ¹, light ¹

Example Sentences

“These monsters spent their last days here destroying everything,” says one of them about the Americans, as Mansour and his team inspect the former CIA base for the first time by torchlight.

From BBC

As the torchlight grew brighter and the cave started to widen, Jack stopped completely.

From Literature

Mr Fooks was digging with a pickaxe by torchlight when he found the coins in a pottery bowl buried in a bare earth floor.

From BBC

One of the property's new owners, Robert Fooks, was digging with a pickaxe by torchlight when he found the trove in a pottery bowl.

From BBC

It manifested itself in the infamous torchlight march in Charlottesville, Va., and in the bitter resistance to removing Confederate monuments.

From Seattle Times