daylightedadj.
/ˈdeɪlʌɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌlaɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Architecture.
Illuminated by (or as if by) daylight; exposed to daylight. Cf. daylighting n. 2.In quot. 1887 figurative: open, unconcealed, candid.
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1781 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (ed. 4) iv. 196 Thro' the long, low arch'd, dim-day-lighted vaults The sculptured plates and rows of gilded nails.
1849 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 520/2 Cloudy years rolling aside display again those sweet star-hours, now in immediate contact, as it were, with the day-lighted present!
1879 Art Amateur 1 50 He is the old Italian artist who works away up under the day-lighted dome at the Capitol.
1887 M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 124 Everything, down to his love-making was prompt, and earnest, and day-lighted with John Elliot.
1902 Insurance Engin. Aug. 220/1 Before the advent of wire glass as a fire stop in window openings it was difficult, if not impossible, to find a day-lighted fireproof elevator shaft in the United States.
1916 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 373/1 The younger generation, resolved on living yet in the day-lighted world, and visiting still the glimpses of the moon.
1954 Stud. Conservation 1 199/2 The more susceptible objects in museums..should not be exhibited in daylighted galleries.
2010 J. Gallagher Reimagining Detroit v. 92 A daylighted stream is more likely to flow as a trickle at times and to swell during rains, as do streams that have never been buried.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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