sun-darts

English

Etymology

From sun +‎ dart.

Noun

sun-darts pl (plural only)

1. (poetic, nonce word) Sunbeams.
   • 1823, Felicia Hemans, The Storm of Delphi

     And the lightnings in their play
     Flash'd forth, like javelins thrown:
     Like sun-darts wing'd from the silver bow,
     They smote the spear and the turban'd brow […]