gig-lamp

English

Etymology

From gig +‎ lamp.

Noun

gig-lamp (plural gig-lamps)

  1. (now rare or historical) Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.
    • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1257:
      But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.
  2. (in the plural, dated) Spectacles.
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