davy lamp

See also: Davy lamp

English

Noun

davy lamp (plural davy lamps)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Davy lamp
    • 1996, English-English-Telugu Dictionary by Junathula Venkata Subrahmanyam, Sura Books, 1996, page 113
      davy-lamp [n]: coal-miner's safety lamp
    • 2009, Dictionary of Energy: Expanded Edition edited by Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher G. Morris, Elsevier, 2009, page 124
      He also developed the innovative davy lamp for use in coal mines.
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