torchlight

noun — 3 senses

torchlight

noun

Etymology From torch + light.

1

The dim light produced by a burning torch.

A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday.1953 January, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 68:

2

The light produced by a flashlight.

3

India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore A torch or flashlight.

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