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noonstead

noonstead noun: the position of the sun at midday.

Noun

noonstead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The position of the sun at midday.
    • With all our sister Nymphes, that to the noone-sted looke,1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 5
    • Long on the shore, distrest Marina lay:
      For he that ope's the pleasant sweets of May
      Beyond the Noon-stead so farre droue his teame,1616, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, The Second Booke, the First Song, page 9

Origin of noonstead

From noon + stead.

Questions about noonstead

What does noonstead mean?
Noonstead means the position of the sun at midday.
What part of speech is noonstead?
Noonstead is a noun.

Words near noonstead in the dictionary

  1. noons
  2. noons of night
  3. noonshine
  4. noonsie
  5. noonsies
  6. noonstead
  7. noontide
  8. noontides
  9. noontime
  10. noontimes
  11. Noonu

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