SKYLINE


Meaning of SKYLINE in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : an apparent line in the landscape at the juncture of earth and sky : horizon

towers … rising above the skyline — A.B.Osborne

2. : an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky

the newer skyscrapers … along the skyline of New York — Irish Statesman

the waving skyline of the foothills — C.W.Gordon

3. : a cable stretched taut between two spar trees and used as a track along which logs are hauled — compare slackline

• outline

II. transitive verb

: to outline against the sky

let us be … skylined on earth's highest hill — Sean O'Casey

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.