noun ·see aristotle's lantern.
2. lantern ·noun a perforated barrel to form a core upon.
3. lantern ·vt to furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
4. lantern ·noun a lantern pinion or trundle wheel. ·see lantern pinion (below).
5. lantern ·noun an open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
6. lantern ·noun a cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
7. lantern ·noun 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.
8. lantern ·noun 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.
9. lantern ·noun 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.