ˈmoon-shade
[Cf. G. mondschatte in sense 3.]
† 1. The plant nightshade. Obs.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §975 Soporiferous Medicines..Hemlocke, Mandrake, Mooneshade. |
2. A circular lamp-shade. (Cf. moon n.1 5.)
| 1830 Galt Lawrie T. ix. vii, A table-lamp with a moon⁓shade. 1841 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. IV. 195/1 No moon⁓shades should ever be used, as, besides intercepting a considerable portion of the light, they [etc.]. |
3. Shadow occurring between spells of moonlight.
| 1905 H. Hunt. Pre-Raphaelitism II. 19 Like palled shapes in a heavy dream, detached by moonlight and moonshade. |