noonmark

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English

Etymology

noon +‎ mark

Noun

noonmark (plural noonmarks)

  1. A mark made on a structure to align with the sun at noon for the purpose of timekeeping.
    • 1902, W H Chaney, J Lawson Hall, The Astrologer's Vade Mecum, →OCLC:
      ... according to the rule for computing a noonmark...
    • 1905, Emma Bell Miles, The Spirit of the Mountains, →ISBN:
      She'd change the noonmark in the door so'st Mis' Beaver wouldn't start to git dinner till way past the hour, and she'd throw ashes in the butter.
    • 1969, Mary Earle Gould, When we were Young, →OCLC:
      ...the noonmark on the window ledge which may be seen today on some old houses still standing.
  2. The time of noon.
    • 1867, Record of the Golden Wedding of Rev. George Duffield, D.D. and Isabella Graham Bethune Duffield, →OCLC:
      By that big clock the sun itself is set,
      He gets to noonmark by it even yet
    • 1999, Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord, →ISBN:
      During the noonmark break from the council meeting, Linden decided to wander out to the garden...

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