Klieg Light Definition

klēg
noun
A very bright, hot arc light used to light film sets.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Klieg Light

Noun

Singular:
klieg light
Plural:
klieg-lights

Origin of Klieg Light

  • Alteration of Klieglight trademark for such a lamp after John H. Kliegl (1869–1959) and his brother Anton Tiberius Kliegl (1872–1927), German-born American lighting experts

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From "John H. Kliegl" and "Anton T. Kliegl", its inventors

    From Wiktionary

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