ˈdaylighting, vbl. n.
[f. daylight.]
1. (See daylighter.)
| 1894 Daily Tel. 2 Apr., A case of ‘daylighting’ instead of moonlighting has been reported to the local police. |
2. The process, degree, etc., of the illumination of buildings by daylight. Also attrib.
| 1937 Archit. Rec. Sept. 111/2 The problem of daylighting is therefore bound up with the problem of heating and it is..desirable to orientate the house so as to obtain the best results for both. 1958 House & Garden Mar. 53/1 Lectures..on..Daylighting and Architecture. 1959 Guardian 19 Dec. 2/4 A slab..200 feet high..would infringe daylighting rights in Denman Street. 1961 E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iii. 29 Daylighting standards have therefore been devised. Ibid. 32 It is not thought likely that the attainment of good sunlighting will normally demand a more generous spacing than daylighting. |