pin spot

¹

noun

, Theater.

1. a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.
2. the beam of light so produced.

pin-spot

²

[ pin-spot ]

verb (used with object)

, Theater.

, pin-spot·ted, pin-spot·ting.

1. to illuminate with a pin spot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pin spot¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Origin of pin spot²

v. use of pin spot

Example Sentences

But Kate came in,—Kate in one of her fresh-looking pin-spot print frocks.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet, as I followed its footsteps, I saw its form darken a pin-spot of daylight at the end of a crevice of the cavern.

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