gas-lit

A form of gaslit — Illuminated by burning gas.

Meanings

adjectivegas-lit (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of gaslit.

    Meanwhile, Cripps and Limpet sat in the little sempiternally gas-lit wine-shop, and held an important conversation.

    1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 81
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    All four engines and the entire train were derailed, and owing to the fact that all the vehicles except the sleeping cars were gas-lit, the whole of the coaching stock except the two rear brakes was burned out, beginning with the two front coaches, which were completely wrecked.

    1941 April, “The Why and the Wherefore: Hawes Junction Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 191 (the collision occurred in 1910)

    The approach to Rotherham is very slow indeed. The dim, gas-lit platform there is not graced with a traffic stop, much to the annoyance of Rotherham passengers who must retrace their steps by road from Sheffield.

    1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141
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