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Definition of Sunbow
1. n. A rainbow; an iris.
Definition of Sunbow
1. Noun. A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunbow
1. an arc of spectral colors formed by the sun shining through a mist [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunbow
Literary usage of Sunbow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"It is not noon—the sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of
heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the ..."
2. Modern English Drama by John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, George Gordon Byron Byron (1909)
"A lower Valley in the Alps.—A Cataract Enter MANFRED It is not noon; the sunbow's
rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven, ..."
3. The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. by Robert Christison (1886)
"Note on a White sunbow. Proc. RSE, ix., 1877-78, pp. 542-544. 15. ... Mirage.
sunbow. Waters, fresh, of Scotland. Do. Whales, capture of. ..."
4. War Poetry of the South by William Gilmore Simms (1867)
"The sunbow spans your towers, even while the foe Hurls his fell bolt, and rains
his iron blow. Toss'd by his shafts, the spray above yon height* God's smile ..."
5. The Indian Alps and how We Crossed Them: Being a Narrative of Two Years by Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli (1876)
"... A sunbow. the mere abstract, how infinitely better that other life will be
that awaits us, or how, if we did know, we might regard the swift arrow of ..."
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