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handlight en · NOUN

Etymology

hand + light

Meanings

1. (dated) Synonym of cloche (“glass covering for plants”).
   • An ordinary Central and Suburban passenger train, non-stop at Knight's Cross, ran past the signal and crashed into a crowded electric train that was just beginning to move out. It was like sending a garden roller down a row of handlights. Two carriages of the electric train were flattened out of existence; the next two were broken up. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

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Synonyms

cloche