1595 J. Davis sig. B Syr Frauncis Drake..was inforced to follow his course in the hell darke nights.
1673 J. Faldo in W. Penn (1674) 21 Oh the Hell-Dark Expressions of the Quakers.
1893 G. Barlow ii. ii. 66 I could keep one corner hell-dark, though the whole world swam in light.
1962 T. Kinsella 60 Lamplit by the hell-dark laurel hedge.