sunshaft

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sun +‎ shaft

Noun[edit]

sunshaft (plural sunshafts)

  1. A shaft of sunlight; a sunbeam.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:
      Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
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