skylinen.
/ˈskʌɪlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/ 1.
a. The line at which the earth or a part of the landscape appears to meet the sky; the horizon. Also: a representation of this in a painting, drawing, etc.
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > horizon > [noun]
horizonc1374
horizontal1555
rim1712
weather-gleam1802
skyline1815
sea-horizon1822
verge1822
sea-line1880
sea-rima1881
1815 Caledonian Mercury 4 Nov. The whole skyline in view of the College was fringed with a thick line of people.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 84 Some boy's daubing, I suppose... Eh! What..is this?.. Who can this be..Do but see the sky-line—why, this is..an exquisite little bit.
1871 G. J. Whyte-Melville Sarchedon I. 48 The sun was sinking in uninterrupted splendour behind the level sky-line of the desert.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 384 I see two lumps of land on the sky-line.
a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) iii. iii. 614 I do love horses moving slowly against a skyline of trees.
1975 H. Henderson in R. M. Dorson Folktales told around World 42 Great sounds of battle were heard over the skyline.
2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) iii. 100 The ferrous-red pinnacles of rock which stand on every skyline.
b. The outline or silhouette of a city or of a number of buildings or other objects seen against the sky.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > others
street scene1673
skyscape1811
streetscape1833
cityscape1856
skyline1875
townscape1880
roofscape1891
roadscape1899
farmscape1922
manscape1927
slumscape1947
the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s) > of light against dark > against the sky
skymark1838
sky blotch1862
skyline1875
1875 N.Y. Commerc. Advertiser 27 Feb. 1/2 New York's Sky Line.
1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 10 Oct. 386/2 A tall and beautiful figure, rising like a delicate spire above a skyline of city chimney-pots.
1928 Daily Mail Year Bk. 48/1 A traveller returning to the metropolis after some years' absence has difficulty in recognising some of our famous streets; the sky-line is different, salients have disappeared.
1932 News Chron. 5 July 9/5 The city's skyline of roofs was silhouetted against a blaze of gold.
1971 P. Gresswell Environment 230 Consideration of skylines should be one of the prerequisites of planning.
2014 R. Tuber Shanghai Cuts 64 The Bund..offered a spectacular view of Shanghai's unique skyline.
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1911 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Skyline,..the line of the top row of pictures in an exhibition.
3. Forestry. A high overhead cable in a rigging used to transport logs from a logging site.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > overhead cable
skyline1915
high line1920
1915 Timberman Sept. 45/1 The advent of sky-line or aerial logging systems which have come more particularly into general use within the last year.
1942 R. L. Haig-Brown Timber 254 In the case of a yarder the sky line is the same as the main-line, going from the spar tree through a block attached to a tree stump at the back of the setting.
1977 Res. Note Northeastern Forest Exper. Station No. 247. 1/1 The carriage and load of logs are pulled up the skyline by a winch; the empty carriage then returns by gravity.
2006 Ecol. Monogr. 76 259/2 Logs were removed with skyline cables that required no road construction within the watershed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skylinev.
/ˈskʌɪlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/ 1. transitive (in passive). To be surrounded with or bordered by mountains, buildings, etc., on the skyline or horizon. Now somewhat rare.
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1872 Tourists' Shilling Handy Guide Scotl. xiv. 141/2 A reach of glen..is grandly sky-lined, on the south, by three peaks of Scuicieuillin.
1933 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 22 Oct. 6/2 The campus has grown from a forbidding wilderness to a landscaped Forty Acres skylined with modern buildings.
1990 V. Zigas Laughing Death 20 The green basin of the valley skylined by rugged mountains topped with fleecy clouds against vivid blue.
2. transitive (in passive). To be visible on the skyline or horizon; to be silhouetted against the sky. Also reflexive: to make oneself visible on the skyline or horizon.
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1895 Badminton Mag. Nov. 526 The stalker is carefully watching that no heads may appear sky-lined above the ridge.
1920 H. G. Evarts Cross Pull xxi. 252 As the men started back, they kept well away from the edge to avoid skylining themselves on the rims.
1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon ii. 33 We heard trucks behind us. When we dropped flat we saw them sky-lined.
1969 ‘J. Fraser’ Cock-pit of Roses xvi. 126 Out past the hedge you'll be sky-lined, flashing like neon.
2014 Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. (Weekend section) 18 Curlews..remain deeply wary birds... They..take to the air if you skyline yourself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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