reading-lamp

English

Noun

reading-lamp (plural reading-lamps)

1. A small indoor lamp designed to be used for reading at night.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "I value my electric reading-lamp, and that is a product of science."

   • 1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

     A bed reading lamp is provided for each passenger; it is so arranged that, in all switching conditions, a blue night light will prevent the berth being placed in complete darkness.

   • 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173:

     [...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.

Synonyms

• reading light

Anagrams

• palm reading, palmreading