noonmark

English

Etymology

From 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...

Alternative forms

• noon-mark
• noon mark