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handlights

handlights is the plural of handlight.

Meaning of handlight

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

Questions about handlights

What is handlights the plural of?
Handlights is the plural of handlight.

Words near handlights in the dictionary

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

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