Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A room or compartment, as on a vessel, especially fitted for filling and trimming lamps and storing them when not in use.

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Examples

  • Forty extra porters sent down for this present blessed Race-Week, and all of them making up their betting-books in the lamp-room or somewhere else, and none of them to come and touch the luggage.

    The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007

  • The side houses are constructed of iron, and are not panelled; they are intended for w.c. and lamp-room.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • I know it showed all the rooms in the light-house, connected by the spiral stairway - and it showed the big lamp-room at the top - and at the bottom of the map the foundation shaft was drawn.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • As the lamp-room was enclosed in glass, it was easy to keep the match alight.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • Dick caught him just in time, and, with George's help, dragged him into the lamp-room.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • "The staircase goes right up to the top, to the lamp-room, " explained Tinker.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • The lamp-room was a high room with big windows all round it.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • So the two of them went up the spiral stairway to the lamp-room at the very top of the tower.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • "Anne - if you think we're going to scramble round that lamp-room and light the lamp just because you feel sorry about it, you're mistaken, " said Dick, firmly.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • They went up to the lamp-room in the afternoon and looked at the great old lamp.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

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