SUNDIAL


Meaning of SUNDIAL in English

[noun] [C] - a device used outside, esp. in the past, which consists of a thin piece of metal fixed to a flat surface marked with numbers, which shows the time by the metal making a dark line on the surface as the sun moves across the sky above itEnglish churchyards often have sundials in them - sometimes there is one on the church itself.See picture: Clocks and watches

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.