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Definition of gasolier in English: gasolier(also gaselier) noun ɡasəˈlɪəˌɡasəˈlir A chandelier with gas burners rather than light bulbs or candles. Example sentencesExamples - Controversy arose last week over the auction of seven gasoliers and an organ.
- The chandeliers in the drawing room, originally gasoliers, had been converted to electric light sometime in the 1920s.
- The flickering soft light I had seen through the window came from a gasolier that hung over the table.
- The music reverberated from low rafters hung with ornamental gasoliers.
- That Mrs Proudie installed gaseliers in the Bishop's palace for her first formal reception in Trollope's Barchester Towers was an indication of her hopelessly middle-class background.
- A welcoming fire filled the great fireplace, restored Grecian gasoliers hung overhead, and the acoustic-friendly gallery was soon filled with my technically-imperfect Schumann.
OriginMid 19th century: from gas, on the pattern of chandelier. Definition of gasolier in US English: gasolier(also gaselier) nounˌɡasəˈlir A chandelier with gas burners rather than light bulbs or candles. Example sentencesExamples - The chandeliers in the drawing room, originally gasoliers, had been converted to electric light sometime in the 1920s.
- The music reverberated from low rafters hung with ornamental gasoliers.
- The flickering soft light I had seen through the window came from a gasolier that hung over the table.
- Controversy arose last week over the auction of seven gasoliers and an organ.
- A welcoming fire filled the great fireplace, restored Grecian gasoliers hung overhead, and the acoustic-friendly gallery was soon filled with my technically-imperfect Schumann.
- That Mrs Proudie installed gaseliers in the Bishop's palace for her first formal reception in Trollope's Barchester Towers was an indication of her hopelessly middle-class background.
OriginMid 19th century: from gas, on the pattern of chandelier. |