The earliest known use of the noun zenith sky is in the 1810s.
OED's earliest evidence for zenith sky is from 1811, in the writing of T. Adams.
Nearby entries
- zenick, n.1801–1900
- zenitfer, n.1596–
- zenith, n. & adj.a1387–
- zenithal, adj.?1731–
- zenithal projection, n.1877–
- zenith-borne, adj.1865–86
- zenith distance, n.1588–
- zenith line, n.1585–
- zenith point, n.1585–
- zenith sector, n.1775–
- zenith sky, n.1811–
- zenith sweep, n.1790–
- zenith telescope, n.1803–
- zenith tube, n.1825–
- zenithward, n., adv., & adj.1655–
- zenithwards, adv.1826–
- Zenker, n.¹1872–
- Zenker, n.²1894–
- Zen-like, adj.a1908–
- Zen master, n.1907–
- Zenned-out, adj.1968–
1811–
1811
Our gilded sterns point to the zenith sky.
T. Adams, Poetical Works 107
1938
The measurement of the brightness of the light in the zenith sky an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise made the findings possible.
Science 22 July 8/1
2001
Welbon would rather..recite fluctuations in air pressure or light levels of the zenith sky.
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 16 December 1d
Originally published as part of the entry for zenith, n. & adj.
zenith, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.
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