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skylight noun & verb. L17.
[from SKY noun + LIGHT noun.]
A. noun.
Light emanating from the sky. L17.
b. Photography. In full skylight filter. An almost colourless lens filter used to counter excessive blueness from skylight. M20.
A window set in the plane of a roof or ceiling. L17.
S. Beckett Too cold to open the skylight in the garret. J. Glassco The moon shining through the skylight.
b. verb trans. Provide with a skylight or skylights. rare. M19.
skylighted adjective provided with or lit by a skylight or skylights M19.
skylit adjective illuminated by the sky; esp. = skylighted: L19.