A lantern is a portable lighting device used to illuminate broad areas. Lantern or Lanterns may also refer to: Roof lantern, an architectural term to describe a structure above a dome, or other roof, with openings to admit light or air Stage lighting instrument used in theatre and television A large window above a stage, used before stage lighting to illuminate the action The structure enclosing the light and lens of a lighthouse "Lantern" (Better Call Saul), an episode of Better Call Saul Lantern frame, a machine used to wind cotton in an Arkwright-type mill Lantern (software), a free peer-to-peer internet censorship circumvention software. Lantern (horse), Australian racehorse and winner of the 1864 Melbourne Cup Music Lantern (Clogs album), 2006 Lantern (Hudson Mohawke album), 2015 Lanterns (Son Lux album), 2013 Lanterns (A Very Loud Death album), 2017 Lanterns (36 Crazyfists album), 2017 Lanterns (song), a song by Birds of Tokyo "Lantern", a 2018 track by Toby Fox from Deltarune Chapter 1 OST from the video game Deltarune See also Cage gear, also called a lantern gear or lantern pinion. A type of gear with cylindrical rods for teeth Chinese lantern (disambiguation) Green Lantern, a fictional DC Comics superhero Lanterns of the Dead, an architectural name for the small towers in stone found chiefly in the center and west of France The Lanterns, small Tasmanian islands, Australia The Lantern (disambiguation)