lamp chimney

British  

noun

1. a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp

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Example Sentences

Bill’s eyes were fixed on the yellow light around the lamp chimney; John was studying his cousin’s face.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Behind the glasses there was a large glass lamp chimney with a piece of paper tucked into one end, and a finger bowl, with two spouts, filled with water, and a long hat pin.

From Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent by Ainslie, Arthur

Inside the lanterns, light comes from a single candle-shaped light bulb, set inside a small hurricane lamp chimney.

From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Netherton, Ross De Witt

These first machine-guns made a curious noise like the explosion of many sulphur matches held one after the other over a lamp chimney.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)