candle-light

Noun

candlelight (usually uncountable, plural candlelights)

1. (usually) The light emitted by a candle.
   • I looked across the table into her shining eyes, which were golden in the candlelight, with my fingers round the stem of my own glass, ready for the toast.1912, Cecil Barber, “Standchen”, in The Living Age, volume 275, page 426
2. (archaic, usually) The evening, when darkness falls and it is time to light candles.
   • Morning dress is that which is worn during business hours or at any time in any place, where semiformal dress is not required until candlelight or seven o'clock in the evening .1896, Walter Germain, The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men, page 10