pin-spot
[ pin-spot ]
/ ˈpɪnˌspɒt /
verb (used with object), pin-spot·ted, pin-spot·ting. Theater.
to illuminate with a pin spot.
Origin of pin-spot
v. use of
pin spot
Words nearby pin-spot
pin the tail on the donkey,
pin tuck,
pin wrench,
pin-curl,
pin-eyed,
pin-spot,
pin-tailed,
pin-up,
pinaceous,
pinacoid,
pinafore
Definition for pin-spot (2 of 2)
pin spot
noun Theater.
a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.
the beam of light so produced.
Origin of pin spot
First recorded in 1945–50
Example sentences from the Web for pin-spot
Yet, as I followed its footsteps, I saw its form darken a pin-spot of daylight at the end of a crevice of the cavern.