an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
[ 1920-25; see BROCKEN BOW ]
BROCKEN SPECTER
Meaning of BROCKEN SPECTER in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012