shadow pin

noun Navigation.

a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.

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Origin of shadow pin

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby shadow pin

shadow cabinet, shadow dance, shadow history, shadow mask, shadow of one's self, shadow pin, shadow play, shadow price, shadow roll, shadow test, shadow-box
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