Guy, That makes a lot of sense and is, I think, the answer. I have never heard of the expression before and it caused me to go running to the OED! Thanks very much All the best, Martyn ----- Original Message ---- From: Guy Etchells <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 6 December, 2006 12:08:15 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] FW: Meaning of Cuckold Light Roy wrote: > Subject: RE: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light > > AH! I think I see the "Light"!!! > > This does make a lot of sense to me even though I have never heard of this > item. > > The Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks seem very familiar to me and I wonder if > this refers to the shape of their structure, so that the emitted light is > somehow detached from its main lighting or made to concentrate in a > particular manner for a particular purpose and so is a separate light to the > others, hence it being included in the inventory? > > I must also say that when I said "Cuckold being an Adulteress" - this is of > course quite wrong as it describes a man who has been the victim of an > adulteress - written in haste to be brief I'm afraid! > > > Kind Regards > Roy LD Cox It is possibly a miss-spelling of a cuculled lamp or hooded lamp, i.e. it has a reflector to concentrate the light. Cheers Guy -- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells The site that gives you facts not promises! http://anguline.co.uk/ Anguline Research Archives ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message