battle-lanterns

Ingham said it was all in the dark, and Haliburton added, that "the battle-lanterns were as bad as they could be," Ingham said, however, that he thought there was more somewhere, -- he had often heard the old gentleman tell the story in vastly more detail.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

His eyes give more light to us than our battle-lanterns.

Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys Various

Over him, but scarce illuminating him, two battle-lanterns swing from two massive beams of the deck above.

Billy Budd 1924

Marah took my arm and led me downstairs to the lower cave, where one or two battle-lanterns made it somewhat lighter.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

The only dim lanterns now are the "battle-lanterns" in use at night war practice; and they are swung to steel bulkheads by electric wires.

The U-boat hunters 1912

His eyes give more light to us than our battle-lanterns.

A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907

His eyes give more light to us than our battle-lanterns.

0 366. From "The Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900 1900

His eyes give more light to us than our battle-lanterns.

Walt Whitman 1900

Inside, all was dark and stuffy, making battle-lanterns necessary even in daylight fights.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Her ports gleamed brightly with battle-lanterns; and the crowds of sailors in the tops, and the regularity of her fire, showed that she was a man-of-war with a well-disciplined crew, and no mere marauding privateer.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898