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handlight

handlight noun: synonym of cloche (“glass covering for plants”).

Noun

handlight (plural handlights)

  1. (dated) Synonym of cloche (“glass covering for plants”).
    • An ordinary Central and Suburban passenger train, non-stop at Knight's Cross, ran past the signal and crashed into a crowded electric train that was just beginning to move out. It was like sending a garden roller down a row of handlights. Two carriages of the electric train were flattened out of...1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
    Synonyms:
    cloche

Synonyms of handlight

Forms of handlight

pluralhandlights

Origin of handlight

hand + light

Questions about handlight

What does handlight mean?
Handlight means synonym of cloche (“glass covering for plants”).
What part of speech is handlight?
Handlight is a noun.
What is the plural of handlight?
The plural of handlight is handlights.

Words near handlight in the dictionary

  1. handlest
  2. handleth
  3. handlever
  4. Handley
  5. Handleys
  6. handlight
  7. handlights
  8. handlike
  9. Handlin
  10. handlin'
  11. handline

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