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Definition of "sky-line" []

  • The horizon; the place where the sky and the earth or an object on the earth seem to meet. (noun)
  • In architecture, the profile of a building or mass of buildings as seen against the sky; in painting and other arts of representation, the profile of mountains, trees, or other natural masses seen in the same way. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "sky-line" in a sentence
  • "To the sky-line of the four quarters -- spruce-shrouded islands, dark waters, and ice - scarred rocky ridges -- stretched the immaculate wilderness."
  • "Often he went out of the quiet store, bare-headed and frantic, and shook his fist at the blink of day that came over the southern sky-line."
  • "Then the two craft proceeded in company till the sun showed over the eastern sky-line."