sunshaft

noun

sunshaft

noun

Etymology From sun + shaft.

1

A shaft of sunlight.

Near-synonym: 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.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:

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