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beam lights

plural noun

  1. (in a theater or other auditorium) spotlights affixed to the ceiling of a stage setting, as distinguished from footlights, border lights, etc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of beam lights1

1520–30, for an earlier sense

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Example Sentences

There were absolutely no bright beam lights burning, and there didn't seem to be any rubber hoses around anywhere.

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