torch-lamp

Updated: August 17, 2026

He was at the window, burning off with a paraffin torch-lamp those parts of the old paintwork that were blistered and cracked. In this work the flame of the lamp is directed against the old paint, which becomes soft and is removed with a chisel knife, or a scraper called a shavehook.

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Hardly a torch-lamp flashed out except where a solitary woman scurried down the wet streets to lonely rooms. There were no British officers strolling about.

Philip Gibbs - Now It Can Be Told