noun. A hanging lamp that can be lowered and raised on its cord.

noun. An electric lamp, analogous to a gas drop-light, for table use.

noun. A coach-window that can be dropped in grooves in the framework of the coach, so as to be out of sight.

noun. A portable gas-burn-er, generally in the form of a lamp, connected with a chandelier or other gas-fixture by a metallic or flexible tube.

noun. An electric or gas light suspended from the ceiling by a flexible cord or tube, allowing artificial light to be brought down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant; also, an electric light bulb in a small holder, which can be held in the hand or hung from a hook, and attached to a long electric cord, allowing light to be brought close to work in dark areas of a room.

noun. Alternative spelling of drop light.

"Instead of putting the Monte up on the lift, Tommy (“Tommy the Temper,” as some of our regulars called him) kicked over a creeper and rolled under the car with a droplight."

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