Wiktionary
n. An intense carbon arc lamp used in cinematography
WordNet
n. carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films
Wikipedia
A Klieg light is an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking. It is named after inventor John Kliegl and his brother Anton Kliegl. They usually have a Fresnel lens with a spherical reflector or an ellipsoidal reflector with a lens train containing two plano-convex lenses or a single step lens.
Usage examples of "klieg light".
Then Caroline made her move into the bright discomfort of the klieg light that conferred, along with burning eyes, glory.
Compared with mine, they're about as strong as a kid's flashlight compared with a klieg light.
A clicking noise starts up in the outer darkness beyond the klieg light firmament.
Maybe one of the fans from the tour group had tampered with the klieg light.
Reliable sources testify that the blindfolded star was something of a menace on the set, eventually taking out two stuntpersons and a $500 klieg light with her flailing cane.
At the first blink it was as dazzling as a klieg light, but when I started again and edged the lids up more cautiously it turned out to be only an ordinary window, and grimy, at that.
Fantasy, perversion, peccadillo, infantilism, shameful memory-all took flight during sex even as they took flight from an act as revealing as a hot and blinding klieg light.
The hue is evenly painted but electric, a klieg light pushing through a gel of cyan.
At the first blink it was as dazzling as a klieg light, but when I started again and edged the lids up more cautiously it turned out to be only an or.