street lightn.

Brit.

/ˈstriːt ˌlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈstrit ˌlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., light n.¹

Etymology: < street n. + light n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier street lamp n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 1b.

†1. A window opening on to the street. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

loop1393

shot-windowc1405

gable window1428

batement light1445

church window1458

shot1513

casement1538

dream-hole1559

luket1564

draw window1567

loop-window1574

loophole1591

tower-windowc1593

thorough lights1600

squinch1602

turret window1603

slit1607

close-shuts1615

gutter window1620

street lighta1625

balcony-window1635

clere-story window1679

slip1730

air-loop1758

Venetian1766

Venetian window1775

sidelight1779

lancet window1781

French casement1804

double window1819

couplet1844

spire-light1846

lancet1848

tower-light1848

triplet1849

bar-window1857

pair-light1868

nook window1878

coupled windows1881

three-light1908–9

north-light1919

storm window1933

borrowed light1934

Thermopane1941

storms1952

a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. For you Lady, Ile have your Lodgings farther off, and closer, Ile have no street-lights to you.

2. A light illuminating a street or road, typically mounted on a tall post; a street lamp.The earliest street lights, powered by gas, were introduced in Britain in 1807 and a few years later in the U.S. and were widespread by the mid 19th cent.; some survive in a few places. Electric street lights came into use in Great Britain in the late 1870s.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > outdoor lamp

street light1819

sconce1849

tiki torch1939

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > street-lamp

street lamp1781

street light1819

sconce1849

1819 T. S. Peckston Theory & Pract. Gas-lighting 401 He ought also to light shops, and the interior of private houses, from the same range of main-pipe as supplies the street lights.

1843 C. F. Briggs Haunted Merchant ii. x, in Bankrupt Stories 214 The woman..appeared young and handsome, as the street light illuminated her face.

1862 M. Oliphant in Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 60/2 Only the cold reflection of the street lights outside..lighted the solitary little room.

1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam 212 The street-lights burst like great flowers into the dusk.

1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iii. 128 The street lights..were on early.

1998 Evening Standard (London) 13 Jan. 28/2 The big block parties of New York in the early Eighties were powered by leads running illegally off the street lights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	street light
释义	street lightn. Brit. /ˈstriːt ˌlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈstrit ˌlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., light n.¹ Etymology: < street n. + light n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier street lamp n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 1b. †1. A window opening on to the street. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. For you Lady, Ile have your Lodgings farther off, and closer, Ile have no street-lights to you. 2. A light illuminating a street or road, typically mounted on a tall post; a street lamp.The earliest street lights, powered by gas, were introduced in Britain in 1807 and a few years later in the U.S. and were widespread by the mid 19th cent.; some survive in a few places. Electric street lights came into use in Great Britain in the late 1870s. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > outdoor lamp street light1819 sconce1849 tiki torch1939 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > street-lamp street lamp1781 street light1819 sconce1849 1819 T. S. Peckston Theory & Pract. Gas-lighting 401 He ought also to light shops, and the interior of private houses, from the same range of main-pipe as supplies the street lights. 1843 C. F. Briggs Haunted Merchant ii. x, in Bankrupt Stories 214 The woman..appeared young and handsome, as the street light illuminated her face. 1862 M. Oliphant in Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 60/2 Only the cold reflection of the street lights outside..lighted the solitary little room. 1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam 212 The street-lights burst like great flowers into the dusk. 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iii. 128 The street lights..were on early. 1998 Evening Standard (London) 13 Jan. 28/2 The big block parties of New York in the early Eighties were powered by leads running illegally off the street lights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1625
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