gas lighting

A form of gaslighting — Illumination by burning gas.

Meanings

noungas lighting (usually uncountable, plural gas lightings)

plural gas lightings

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of gaslighting.

    The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting.

    1951 April, “Notes and News: Improvements at Kyle of Lochalsh”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281
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