Roman Candle

English

Verb

Roman Candle (third-person singular simple present Roman Candles, present participle Roman Candling, simple past and past participle Roman Candled)

1. Alternative form of Roman-candle
   • 2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239:

     I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.

   • 2022, Chris Pratt, Four Brothers in the Pacific War:

     Some hit the rocky outcrops
     Some fell into the sea
     Some even 'Roman Candled'
     (A parachutist I would never be)