English

Noun

Davy lamp ‎(plural Davy lamps)

1. A miners’ lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp).

Translations

English

Noun

davy lamp

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 daw"

   • 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.