'Bengal light' definitions:
Definition of 'Bengal light'
From: WordNet
noun
A steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework
Definition of 'Bengal light'
From: GCIDE
- Bengal \Ben*gal"\, prop. n.
- 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. [1913 Webster]
- Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
- Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.
- Bengal tiger. (Zool.). See Tiger. [1913 Webster] Bengalee