English edit

Etymology edit

sun +‎ shaft

Noun edit

sunshaft (plural sunshafts)

  1. A shaft of sunlight; a sunbeam.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:
      Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.