daylights

6 definitions • 9 examples

(the period when there is) natural light from the sun:

The colours look much better in daylight.

to use natural light from the sun in a building, rather than artificial light:

The paintings will be displayed in large daylit galleries.

The space is daylighted and there are also LED lights for night use.

to make something open to the air and light again, especially a stream that has been covered over by land, buildings, etc.:

The district recently daylighted a creek by digging up a stretch that had been buried beneath a school.

There is a plan to daylight the section of the stream that runs through a 30-inch underground pipe.

to prevent cars from parking near pedestrian crossings (= places where vehicles stop to let people walk across the road) or road junctions (= places where roads meet) to make it easier for drivers and pedestrians to see the road:

Curb extensions should be long enough to "daylight" the crossing, i.e., provide open sight lines to the pedestrian crossing for approaching motorists.

to make it possible for the public to know about something such as a hidden problem, process, or secret:

News coverage of the crisis has daylighted it for the wider community.

They have succeeded in daylighting a century and a half of voter suppression.

natural light from the sun, or the period during a day when there is light:

She had little free time during the daylight hours.