reading-lamp

plural reading-lamps

1. A small indoor lamp designed to be used for reading at night.

   "I value my electric reading-lamp, and that is a product of science."

   1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

   2 more examples

   A bed reading lamp is provided for each passenger; it is so arranged that, in all switching conditions, a blue night light will prevent the berth being placed in complete darkness.

   1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87

   [...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.

   1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173

   Synonyms: reading light