The disappearance of the sun below the horizon in the evening; (also) the colours and light visible in the sky at this time, considered as a view or…

†(a) the setting (of the sun); (b) dialect ‘the raised part of a cow-house on which the animals lie’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).

The time of evensong; the hour of sunset. Now archaic and poetic.

(a) the time at which the sun sets, sunset (now rare); (b) †the region or direction in which the sun sets, the west (obsolete).

The act of setting (of a luminary); the apparent descent of the heavenly bodies towards the horizon at the close of their diurnal period. Now only p…

Of the sun or day: The action of sinking towards its setting or close.

the time at which the sun sets, sunset.

the setting of the sun, sunset.

The time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon or daylight fades; = sunset, n. 2a. Now rare.

the setting of the sun or the time at which this occurs; sunset.

The setting of the sun, the stars, etc.; = fall, n.2 13a. Now chiefly somewhat archaic.

The disappearance of the sun below the horizon in the evening; (also) the colours and light visible in the sky at this time, considered as a view or…

The setting of the sun; sunset. Obsolete.

Sunset.

Of the sun, etc.: Descent towards setting; hence of the day, one's life, etc.: Drawing to its close; = decline, n. 2.

(a) adv. †(apparently) until sunset (obsolete); (b) n. the time at which the sun sets, sunset (chiefly regional and now rare).

Setting (of the sun).

The going down or setting of the sun.

the period of the evening when daylight fades; twilight.

The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades; sunset.

(a) the time at which the sun sets; (b) the west.

nightfall, evening; cf. set of day n. at set, n.1 1b.

the end of the day, sunset.

= sky-set n.

Sunset; sundown.