gasolier

[ gas-uh-leer ]
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noun
  1. a chandelier furnished with gaslights.

Origin of gasolier

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How to use gasolier in a sentence

  • The gasolier trembled, the floor throbbed, the little goblin dwelling pulsated as if it were alarmed.

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  • The lady who was cousin to a baronet had shifted her chair beneath the gasolier, her eyes bent on her everlasting crochet work.

British Dictionary definitions for gasolier

gasolier

gaselier

/ (ˌɡæsəˈlɪə) /


noun
  1. a branched hanging fitting for gaslights

Origin of gasolier

1
C19: from gas + (chand) elier

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