What is "limelights"

Usage examples of "limelights".

So the wagons in which people no longer had to ride to sleep were stocked full of hay and grain for the horses and elephant, smoked meats for the lion, staple groceries for the humans, canisters of calcium carbide for the limelights, coils of rope, cans of paint and tar and coal oil and axle grease, harness and horseshoes and miscellaneous hardware, fabrics and thread and sequins for the wardrobe.

And plumbing, sewage disposal, limelights in the public rooms, and steam heat.

Being a permanent installation, the circus had some features and refinements that no traveling establishment could imitate—a very good lighting system, for one thing, real oxyhydrogen limelights, and overhead as well as pista-level spotlights.

What’s more, we had a gas generator on all our fighting boats now, and limelights on top of the turrets.

I use one to keep files of potential patrons and subscription lists and to handle the Limelights financial records Tony set up the programs for me.

The rustic wilderness set was illuminated by the golden glow of the calcium limelights that lined the lip of the stage.

Even if it was only a third-rate circuit theater, when the limelights gleamed and the applause rushed over her, she was someone else up there, someone beautiful and carefree, who made everybody happy, like her mother had.