gig-lampn.

Etymology: < gig n.² + lamp n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgig-lamp.

1. One of the lamps at either side of a gig.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > lamp

carriage lamp1788

gig-lamp1888

in extended use.

1888 J. A. Froude Eng. in W. Indies xv. 248 Fireflies..with two long antennæ, at the point of each of which hangs out a blazing lanthorn. The unimaginative colonists call them gig-lamps.

2. plural. Spectacles. slang.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles

spectaclec1386

a pair of spectacles1423

ocularies?a1425

barnaclea1566

eye1568

sight-glasses1605

glass eye1608

prospective glass1616

sights1619

prospectivea1635

nose-compasses1654

glass1660

lunettes1681

peeper1699

eyeglass1760

specs1807

winker1816

gig-lamps1853

nose-riders1875

window1896

cheaters1920

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iii. 20 ‘Looks ferociously mild in his gig-lamps!’ remarked a third, alluding to Mr. Verdant Green's spectacles.

1887 Punch 30 July 45/1 Jack's a straw-thatched young joker in gig-lamps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	gig-lamp
释义	gig-lampn. Etymology: < gig n.² + lamp n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgig-lamp. 1. One of the lamps at either side of a gig. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > lamp carriage lamp1788 gig-lamp1888 in extended use. 1888 J. A. Froude Eng. in W. Indies xv. 248 Fireflies..with two long antennæ, at the point of each of which hangs out a blazing lanthorn. The unimaginative colonists call them gig-lamps. 2. plural. Spectacles. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iii. 20 ‘Looks ferociously mild in his gig-lamps!’ remarked a third, alluding to Mr. Verdant Green's spectacles. 1887 Punch 30 July 45/1 Jack's a straw-thatched young joker in gig-lamps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1853
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