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klieg

Syllabification: (klieg)
Pronunciation: /klēg/
(usually klieg light)
Definition of klieg

noun

  • a powerful electric lamp used in filming.

Origin:

1920s: named after the American brothers, Anton T. Kliegl (1872–1927) and John H. Kliegl (1869–1959), who invented it

klieg in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of klieg in the British & World English dictionary