dayshield means A protection from daylight; a screen. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From day + shield. Compare also Old English dæġsċeald (“dayshield, screen”) of identical formation.
noun
- A protection from daylight; a screen“The lamps overhead were beginning to dim; in a few minutes, the dayshields would slide back, revealing the transparent canopy and allowing the remote suns to peer in—dispassionate observers hidden behind the veils of distance.”