Meaning
The clear glass chimney of a kerosene ('home') lamp — the tall shaped glass that fits over the flame to shelter it from draughts and draw the air so it burns bright and steady. In the days before electricity, keeping the lamp globe clean and free of soot was a daily chore, since a smoked-up globe dimmed the whole house, and a cracked globe from the heat was a small disaster. The lamp globe is a fixture of memories of home life by lamplight.
Examples
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Clean di lamp globe, it smoke up.
Clean the lamp chimney, it's sooted up.
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Di lamp globe crack from di heat.
The lamp chimney cracked from the heat.
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Wipe di globe mek di lamp shine bright.
Wipe the chimney so the lamp shines bright.
Origin
From 'lamp' + 'globe' (its glass chimney); the kerosene-lamp chimney. See [[kerosene-lamp]], [[wick]].
How it’s used
The glass chimney of a kerosene lamp. See [[kerosene-lamp]], [[wick]].