Definitions for the word "lantern" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
See Aristotle's lantern.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 lamp with a transparent case protecting a flame etc. 2 raised structure on a dome, room, etc., glazed to admit light. 3 light-chamber of a lighthouse. [greek lampter torch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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