копти́лка

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1.
oil lamp, makeshift lamp, dim little lamp
В землянке горела тусклая копти́лка.
A dim oil lamp was burning in the dugout.
Colloquial; usually a home-made lamp that gives poor light and smokes.
2.
smokehouse, smokercooking
Мы коптим рыбу в самодельной копти́лке.
We smoke fish in a home-made smoker.

Examples

В доме горела старая коптилка на столе.
An old oil lamp was burning on the table in the house.
Мы читали книгу при свете коптилки.
We read a book by the light of the oil lamp.
Дед достал коптилку, потому что свет выключили.
Grandpa took out the oil lamp because the power had gone out.