消しょう灯とう令れい

noun

curfew; lights-out order

Rare term referring to an official order to turn off lights, often in a military or institutional context. Not the common word for a general curfew (外出禁止令).

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、消しょう灯とう令れいが出だされて街まちは真まっ暗くらになった。

  During the war, a lights-out order was issued and the town went completely dark.