Wiktionary
n. The light of dawn
Usage examples of "dawnlight".
She had been able to move all her limbs on her own, and was thinking of sleep again, when she noticed the first lifting of dawnlight in the sky.
In the dawnlight and the tearing wind he sought ice which they could melt and then distill to replenish their containers of drinking water.
The first red glow of dawnlight appeared suddenly over the crest of the mountain wall.
Not until dawnlight caught the snows atop Mount Ida to the south was his gut convinced, and not until he heard the cries of the jackals and foxes coming close to feed.
The rumors say he has been using his power to speak out against a new tax the Masra'et wishes to establish, so they called on him to lead the dawnlight ritual, hoping that the honor of it would soften him.