Meaning of dark lantern | Babel Free

Definitions

A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.

historical

Equivalents

Examples

““Yes,” continued the valet, “and sigh his soul to the last puff unobserved, liked the dying flame in a dark lanthorn.””

“Your silent matches, / Your dark-lantern seize; / Take your file and your skeleton keys!”

“In the meantime, Mr. Merryweather, we must put the screen over that dark lantern.”

“The old monk who was the night-janitor of the monastery now appeared bearing in his hand a dark-lantern and a wattle basket with some fruit and a bowl of rice.”

CEFR level