Sunshaft

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shaft of sunlight; a sunbeam.

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From sun + shaft.

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