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dayshield

dayshield noun: a protection from daylight; a screen.

Noun

dayshield (plural dayshields)

  1. A protection from daylight; a screen
    • The lamps overhead were beginning to dim; in a few minutes, the dayshields would slide back, revealing the transparent canopy and allowing the remote suns to peer in—dispassionate observers hidden behind the veils of distance.2011, Stephen Leigh, Crystal Memory
    • Caleb continued to hold his gaze until the familiar grating of the dayshields lowering diverted his attention back over to the terrace doors.2013, Lindsay J. Pryor, Blood Roses

Forms of dayshield

pluraldayshields
alternative formday-shield

Origin of dayshield

From day + shield. Compare also Old English dæġsċeald (“dayshield, screen”) of identical formation.

Questions about dayshield

What does dayshield mean?
Dayshield means a protection from daylight; a screen.
What part of speech is dayshield?
Dayshield is a noun.
What is the plural of dayshield?
The plural of dayshield is dayshields.

Words near dayshield in the dictionary

  1. daysailors
  2. daysails
  3. Daysdale
  4. Dayse
  5. daysful
  6. dayshield
  7. dayshields
  8. dayshift
  9. dayshifter
  10. dayshifters
  11. dayshifts

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