† umbraclen.
Obsolete.
Shade or shadow; a shady place.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun]
thicknessc1000
dusknessa1382
umbraclec1500
duskishness1541
sadness1601
duskiness1611
gloominess1611
opacity1611
gloom1645
shadowinessa1672
dusk1700
brown1729
gloaming1832
bat-light1871
dreich1928
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shadow or shade
shadea1000
shadowa1375
umber1382
umbrage1426
umbrage1541
shrouda1586
umbracle1609
umbra1638
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shady place
shadowing placea1382
swalec1440
shadow1526
umbracle1653
c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 14 Haill, beyme to skaill of ded þe dirk vmbrakill!
c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 1312, 1395.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Quhilk king ws bring vnto his ryng Fro dethis dirk vmbrakle.
1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. D4v That Tree, (that Soule-refreshing Vmbracle, Together with our Sinne) His shoulders teares.
1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author sig. ***1 Here were the Alleys and umbracles of his ordinary recesses.
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n.c1500