2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought
from Bengal.
3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal
stripes.
{Bengal light}, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and
antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored
light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; --
called also {blue light}.
{Bengal stripes}, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored
stripes. See {Bengal}, 3.
{Bengal tiger}. (Zo["o]l.). See {Tiger}.