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sunshade|ˈsʌnʃeɪd|
[See shade n. 11. OE. had sunsceadu, glossing ‘flammeolum’ = bridal-veil (cf. shadow n. 13 b).]
1. An awning over the outside of a window, to keep the sunlight off. ? Obs.
1851Catal. Great Exhib. xxvi. 135 Models of the patent outside sun-shade. 1861W. H. Russell in Times 12 July, Houses of wood, with porticoes, pillars, verandahs, and sun⁓shades, generally painted white and green. 1875Knight Dict. Mech.
2. A parasol; now usually applied to the larger kinds.
1842N.Y. Times 22 Mar. (Advt.), Umbrellas, parasols and sun-shades manufactured at Newark, N.J. 1852Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 506 Pavonian canopy of azure held, In manner of a sunshade. 1860All Year Round No. 72. 512 The thousandth, or three thousandth anniversary of the umbrella in India or China, that would be the anniversary of it as a sun-shade. 1895R. W. Chambers King in Yellow, Repairer Reput. ii. (1909) 27 Constance tipped her sunshade to shield her eyes.
3. A hood fixed on the front of a bonnet to keep the sun from the face; also, a broad-brimmed hat.
1872J. Ingelow Off the Skelligs viii, I..asked her..to buy me..a sunshade, commonly called an ugly.
4. A device used with a telescope or other observing instrument to diminish the intensity of sunlight, as a darkened glass screen, or a tube projecting beyond the object-glass.
1894F. M. Gibson Amateur Telescopist's Handbk. 55 Let the student be earnestly admonished to take the best precautions to shield his eyes when engaged in solar observation. The plan commonly adopted is to use the sun⁓shades which are usually furnished with eye pieces, the colors of which are either neutral-tint, blue, or red.
5. pl. = sun-glass (c) s.v. sun n.1 13 a. Cf. shade n. 11 e.
1965‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest ii. 24 The minister took off his sunshades and his naked eyes followed the girl. 1967Sunday Times 28 May 18, I give a lot of speeches with my sunshades on. |