arc-lamp

The sky was enormous, the sun arc-lamp white and low over the hills.

Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

She was walking past, and in the light from the corner arc-lamp she quickly inspected the porch, the windows.

Main Street 2004

After the third, sunlike, slash of fire, the lightnings rained on the tumbled buildings of Envaryl so quickly that a garish arc-lamp illumination lit the hills, casting strange, elongated shadows, shadows that shifted instantaneously, fluctuated.

The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998

The parabolic mirror out on the hull was aimed at the gleaming arc-lamp of Venus, only ten million kilometers away and moving on an almost parallel path.

Breaking Strain Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

Out of doors, at the end of the quay beyond the harbour station, which was deserted and lit only by a single arc-lamp, Maigret caught sight of a blur of violet light on the wet pavement and remembered a certain dance-hall that had been mentioned.

Storm in the Channel Simenon, Georges 1977

Among points which glowed arc-lamp blue-white with the Doppler shift, the alien ship showed as a dull red disk.

Tales of Known Space Niven, Larry 1975

Under the cover of a heavy tarpaulin -- momentarily unnecessary because of the cessation of the snow -- a dungareed figure, possibly the pilot, worked on the helicopter engine with the aid of a small but powerful arc-lamp.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

And the brightest light of all came from an arc-lamp that had been rigged above the helicopter and under the temporary protection of a stretched tarpaulin.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

He started walking slowly, only to stop outside the garage where, in the bright light of an arc-lamp, a mechanic in overalls was changing a wheel on a motor-car.

Maigret at the Crossroads Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

The parabolic mirror out on the hull was aimed at the gleaming arc-lamp of Venus, only ten million kilometers away and moving on an almost parallel path.

Expedition to Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1953